St. Innocents aday

Strawberries season

 The weather continues to be freezing cold. But it's not raining. Just cloudy and windy. It's the feast of the Holy Innocents and I guess there was a solemn Mass down in the grotto where its believed the Innocents were buried. That's next to the grotto where Jesus was born. 

News reports say the Syrian port of Latakia was bombed a 2nd time, allegedly by Israel. Now that's tense. 

Likewise there's been constant clashes in an arab village where a jewish settlement has been set up. Reports say from 60 to 120 were wounded. This winter is really seeing a rise in violence. But I'm sure it'll not lead to anything serious. It was like that for the past few years. Anyway its the innocent people who'll suffer in a war. May the Holy Innocents pray for us all.

Lots of veggies

One bit of bad news ... bird flu has spread in Galilee where migratory birds spend their winter. 5000 birds have died. That's very worrying. And Covid Omicron has reached 2000 a day here ... which is also worrying. I think sooner or later the govt has to treat the Omicron as other variants otherwise it'll overflow unnecessarily the hospitals. That's what Singapore was advised to do, I think I read it on the news.

Here's a couple of photos of the fresh fruit and veggies on sale in the streets of Nablus I saw on Sunday. They are very wholesome and without chemical insecticides used.