Jerusalem, Israel – what is really happening
Female singer Cat Power is not coming to Israel to perform,
she says because of the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
However, in Jerusalem,
one
thing
we
have
plenty
of
is
cats,
and
more cats!
Your loss Cat Power, hope you feel better soon.
We have plenty of powerful cats on the streets of Jerusalem
and as the garbage piles up during this strike…
they are very happy cats now also.
Update:
Strike is over, but the mess may be around for awhile.
Too many things this week are too difficult to understand.
20 Kassam rockets and mortar shells have landed in Israel from Gaza,
while Israel sent hundreds of trucks filled with tens of 1000’s of tons
of goods and fuel into Gaza just this past week.
Activists from around the world fight to get to Jerusalem to protest,
while the world ignores that east Africa is starving.
The murder of Leiby Kletzky z”l in Brooklyn is impossible to comprehend,
as is strapping explosives to a child making her a walking bomb,
as they did in Afghanistan.
When child safety is not a basic belief…it is too difficult to understand.
Time to take a break for something sweeter, perhaps an ice cream
or melon that is now in season.
Or sport,
as dozens of teams gathered in Kikar Safra, Safra Square,
for a basketball derby.
A few young women wore colored team shirts
and possibly a future star could be found in the crowd.
Cyclists were out adding color to the streets.
From Kraft Stadium,
a Woodstock revival filled the air with music and smoke.
The Thursday night audience was colorful…
very colorful!
The heavy warm air of last week brought vivid colors
to the summer skies at sunset,
a perfect time to take a break and just enjoy the view.
After the dark of night…the colors at sunrise were again hard to describe.
From the darkness of last week to the light of another day…
for the refuah shelamah of Tzuriya Kochevet Bat Sarah,
may the colors of sunrise be in your future for many years to come.
On Monday, May 30, 2011,
main streets in Jerusalem were closed to all vehicles,
except the old tractors on parade
and some special bikers.
Groups of young people gathered
in Gan Ha’atzmaut, Independence Park.
Thousands of people
dressed in blue and white, came together,
many from kibbutzim and moshavim
throughout the country to take part in this annual
pre-Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day, event.
As last year, Noam Shalit was one of the speakers
and got most of the media attention,
on Gilad Shalit’s 1800 day of captivity.
Flags and marchers accompanied tractors as they went from Agron Street
to King George Street,
where a few spectators watched from above
and below as the old pieces of farm equipment led off the parade.
Thousands of people filled King George Street
with music
and blue and white Israeli flags.
Marchers and tractors outnumbered spectators as the route turned
and filled Bezalel Street
on the way to Gan Sacher, Sacher Park,
where a huge stage was ready for a night-time concert.
Thousands came early to get a good spot on the grass.
Tens of thousands of people,
hours of family fun,
ending with a fire works display,
and
NO violence… so it was not news
Happy. Jerusalem Day!
More photos on The Real Jerusalem Streets Facebook page.