The guide points out something that I hadn't notice before - or only subliminally.
Israeli flags hang from buildings in the Muslim quarter: settlements, says the guide. He talks about the settlement organisation Ateret Cohamin. He points out the private security guards needed to protect these houses. They are wearing black polo shirts and carry discreet guns.
Now he has mentioned it, spot flags elsewhere, particularly later from the terrace outside my room at the covent.
We walk over to the Wailing Wall. It is Monday, a popular day for Bar Mitzvahs.
This area was reduced to rubble during the 1948 fighting. Much reconstruction.
Into the market, where there are some surprising posters.
This one in particular: the Temple Mount without the gold dome of the Mosque...
And this apparently a totemic image ... soldiers by the wall.
Israeli flags hang from buildings in the Muslim quarter: settlements, says the guide. He talks about the settlement organisation Ateret Cohamin. He points out the private security guards needed to protect these houses. They are wearing black polo shirts and carry discreet guns.
Now he has mentioned it, spot flags elsewhere, particularly later from the terrace outside my room at the covent.
This area was reduced to rubble during the 1948 fighting. Much reconstruction.
Into the market, where there are some surprising posters.
This one in particular: the Temple Mount without the gold dome of the Mosque...
And this apparently a totemic image ... soldiers by the wall.
