Baffling

Ethiopic christian

Last night and today saw a spike in spitting and hate related crimes against christians. It's the jewish feast of tesha b'Av that commemorates the destruction of the 1st ad 2nd temples on the same day 500 years apart. The jews accuse christians of helping the romans destroy the 2nd temple in AD 70 so they come to attack christians on this fest day. Lots of video documentation by groups on the watch for such crimes. Ultra-orthodox jews believe the temples were destroyed as punishment from god ... well, that's what we believe too. The unjustified hate crimes committed by jews or sinat hinam as the ancient rabbis say.

The country remains in tense division and a cease in demonstrations for the next 24 hours due to tesha b'av observances ... which is mainly fasting and reciting the book of Lamentations. But anti-christian hate crimes do not absolve their sins. Since early last night I could hear police shooting stun grenades at Damascus Gate and Herod's Gate for the jewish provocation against christians and muslims. The the whole night, groups of jews shouted and chanted as they marched through out streets, spitting and cursing at us till the early morning when the muslims gathered for prayers at 4am and the jews quickly dispersed.

The heatwave continues, scorching anything alive or dead. Walking in the stone streets, one get get suffocated by the heat emanating from the stone walls and ground. You can literally fry an egg on the road. My aquarium loses an inch of water a day ... that's how fast the evaporation rate is. Let's hope this heatwave would change soon ... it has become unbearable. One thing that mesmerises me ... I wonder how ethiopic Orthodox Jews can wear al those layers of clothes and veils under this 40 degree heat. It baffles science.