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Barbed Wire Divides Jerusalem Easter Holy Site Tour
In divided Jerusalem during Easter 1957 a Holy Week pilgrimage is blocked by barbed wire and a no man s land as Jewish Israel and Arab Jordan remain at war since 1948. The piece notes Maundy Thursday to Good Friday rites on both sides, the Holy Sepulchre, the Miracle of the Holy Fire, and hopes for peace.
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Israel
Jordan
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Jesus
Mount of Olives
Holy
Old City
Pilate
St. Stephens Gate
Old Jerusalem
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Palestine
Athens
Alexandria
No Man’‘S Land