Riots in Jerusalem

While visiting the Western Wall (Wailing Wall) in Jerusalem, there was a rather loud procession of people singing, dancing and above all, pushing.  Then there were the media and photographers.  It was like the paparazzi surrounding a celebrity.  In the middle of the crowd was an old man, a rabbi I assume.  He was carrying a Torah.  The Group moved (pushed) their way through the crowd and approached the wall touching the Torah onto it.  Then off again processing through the streets on the way to the Hurva Synagogue.  I found out later that this particular Synagogue is part of what's causing all the excitement to stir up again in Jerusalem between Israel and Palestine.  The Hurva Synagogue was built in the 1700's, destroyed by the arabs 20 years later, then rebuilt in 1860's, then destroyed again in 1948 by the Jordanians to now be rebuilt yet a third time and it was just by coincidence that when I was there the Torah was on it's way to it's new home and the Hurva was to be reopened.  Combine this with the announcement of new Jewish homes to be built in Eastern Jerusalem and you have a lot of unhappy Palestinian people.