Walk in Jerusalem Affirms Beliefs - by Salim Mansur, QMI Agency
The warmth with which I was greeted and waved through passport control immediately made me feel at home in the country where I had come on a personal journey.
Beholding Jerusalem for the first time nestled in the folds of the Judean Mountains was a stunning experience.
I felt entirely disarmed of everything I had read, thought and anticipated about the city by the sheer majesty of its grandeur before me.
The ease with which I moved — alone and without restrictions — from the inner sanctum of the Muslim sanctuary to Judaism’s holiest site, embracing both, is a testimony to the openness of Israel as a Jewish state and democracy.
Palestinian, Arab and Muslim narratives of Jerusalem’s recent history, however, is a denial of what my experience affirms, and the larger denial of Jewish rights that is the source of conflict here... Read more
