Israel police tripling down. In response to the church leaders statement on funeral (a brutal violation of religious freedom), police say the church statement “agitates” the situation and is irresponsible. #ShireenAbuAkleh

Hello, friends. I'm afraid I'm going to be tweeting the heck out of this. The first GoFundMe I've ever set up, for someone I know. There's lots wrong with it, I know, but it doesn't feel like the wrong thing to do. So, you know - dig deep, if you can... gofund.me/4f83dc5f

The 700-year-old tattoo parlour that inked British royalty – BBC REEL youtu.be/wfkvLaZ-TCo via YouTube The Razzouk tattooists of #Jerusalem

#Palestine pavilion at #Bookfest

Depuis une dizaine d'années, les sites chrétiens du #MontSion à #Jérusalem sont régulièrement vandalisés par des juifs radicaux 👉bit.ly/3mvj3CX

If this goes through, the Mount of Olives becomes a sort of Disneyland, with religious topping to boot

Remains of a Crusader inscription, Nazareth. #epigraphy

A new discovery, in Nazareth's Museum... 'Ave Maria' carved on a stone by a medieval hand. #graffiti #medievaltwitter

Medieval church and houses under snow #Brasov

Medieval grafitti #Biserica Neagra #Brasov

Some errors in this ⁦The Guardian⁩ article. Nothing new about Christian religious tattoos (think about the Coptic Church). Weird mention of the Old Testament in this context. As far as I remember, the OT strictly forbids tattooing. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Mount of Olives becomes latest target in fight for control of Jerusalem theguardian.com/world/2023/apr…

Church leaders slam Israel’s restrictions on Orthodox Easter | Al Jazeer... youtu.be/bFmdDWXX3zM via YouTube

A sturdy beam #Brasov

Such a complex book on one of the old #Jerusalem families, the Nusseibehs, who are also one of the keepers of the keys of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Two very different perspectives on worn-torn Iraq after the 2003 invasion. ⁦Rory Stewart⁩’ analysis felt quite clinical compared to the overwhelming emotion and desolation I felt when reading ⁦Sinan Antoon سنان أنطون’ novel

Just started on Nur Masalha’s “Palestine. A Four Thousand Year History” from I.B. Tauris (former imprint of Bloomsbury). A pretty annoying oopsie with the Cyrillic script where, one can only imagine, the Greek should have been