Bethlehem, Palestine- 25/11/2019
By the time I reached Bethlehem, my trip was almost over, so I could only afford to spend one night there.
I visited the Church of Nativity, Which while being a beautiful church, was an underwhelming experience, and confirmed my lapsed Catholic opinion that Christianity is more interested in the death of Christ than his life or teachings.
After a long walk, I arrived at the Walled City Hotel, a hotel owned by the artist Banksy to increase people’s understanding of the issues facing the modern Palestinian people. I could not afford to stay there, but I could visit the museum.
The perspective and visual storytelling was fascinating and heartbreaking. The strongest exhibit was an old fashioned telephone, with the label “If it rings, answer it” which with some trepidation, I did. “My name is… from the Isreali Intelligence Service, we are going to bomb your house, you have five minutes to get out” This left me deeply unsettled.
The hotel is alongside a corner of the seperation wall betweeen Palestinian Bethlehem and Israeli Jerusalem. The hotel features a free service where you can create your own stencils to use to spray paint the wall. I couldn’t think of anything to add, so I just walked along the section of the wall, taking photos, glaring at the security towers, and trying not to cry.
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