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Surreal times in Jerusalem :: COVID-19 cleaning for Passover

What can we say, we are living through unbelievable times. Somehow we have completely changed our lives in Israel’s capital of Jerusalem. Yet we continue with our usual preparations for the upcoming holiday of Pesach (Passover) — including the cleaning of the Kotel (Western Wall) plaza… this year with quite a twist!

Illustrative Photo Credit: James Emery [License]

In hazmat suits, workers collect messages from Western Wall

Article Courtesy: YNet

Twice a year, cleaning teams using long sticks gouge out tens of thousands of written prayers that visitors traditionally cram into the crevices of Judaism’s Western Wall in Jerusalem.

But this time, the rite was held with precautions against coronavirus infection in place.
Workers in hazmat suits and gas masks sprayed sanitizer on the wall’s ancient stones while others held onto their sticks with gloves as they extracted the paper notes left in “God’s mailbox.”

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Palestinian official arrested for illegal political activities in Jerusalem

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Fadi al-Hidmi was arrested for flouting an Israeli law that prohibits Palestinian Authority officials from conducting political activities in areas under Israeli jurisdiction.

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Is the PA using coronavirus to violate Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem?

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Is the Palestinian Authority using the coronavirus pandemic to operate in Arab neighborhoods and villages located within the boundaries of the Jerusalem Municipality?

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i pray that will never happen

God is in control.

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Ventilators, testing kits, medical training, advice on isolation and social distancing - whatever Israel does, it's never enough to stem the torrent of antisemitism emanating from Gaza and the West Bank. This time it's a blood libel from PA Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh, claiming that the Jews are somehow intentionally spreading COVID-19.'' ~ Likud-Herut ... See MoreSee Less

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It’s a very stubborn disease, willingly spread by the corrupt leadership of the PA and their partners in crime.

Hatred has no limitations nor boundaries. It is not just the Palestinians who want Israel and the Jews to disappear, but many Europeans and other scattered through the earth as well.

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In hazmat suits, workers collect messages from Western Wall

Twice a year, cleaning teams using long sticks gouge out tens of thousands of written prayers that visitors traditionally cram into the crevices of Judaism’s Western Wall in Jerusalem.

But this time, the rite was held with precautions against coronavirus infection in place. Workers in hazmat suits and gas masks sprayed sanitizer on the wall’s ancient stones while others held onto their sticks with gloves as they extracted the paper notes left in “God’s mailbox.”

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But this time, the rite was held with precautions against coronavirus infection in place.
Workers in hazmat suits and gas masks sprayed sanitizer on the wall’s ancient stones while others held onto their sticks with gloves as they extracted the paper notes left in “God’s mailbox.”