I’m back from three weeks in Israel. For someone who’s into Jesus, it was pretty intense to walk where he walked, see things he saw, and understand his world better.
I also had a chance to look at modern Israel a little bit. I picked up enough material for a completely original political thriller set there. Watch for it this summer, I’m working on it now!
Merkava tanks at an IDF armor training facilityThe crowd at the Jewish market in Jerusalem on Friday afternoon — right before the Sabbath starts. On Saturday, aka Shabbat or The Sabbath, Observant Jews do no work whatsoever. So any food you’re likely to need, you must get on Friday. Correspondingly, a vendor who sells perishable goods must sell them before sundown on Friday. The result is the biggest mob scene I have ever personally witnessed. It was insane to be inside this. I’ve never been in a larger throng of people.
The Israel-Egypt BorderThe white with black letters “UN-Mobiles” were a ubiquitous sight.UN Peacekeepers near the Syrian border
