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Jerusalem - city of peace

Summer_81_de
2005-12-23 15:54:53

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here I finally am after a long trip from amman to Jerusalem. The trip was so tiring and like chewing gum. I left Amman at 8.30 in the morning and it took exactly 7 hours to get to Jerusalem which is not far at all (without borders it would be a one hour drive) I caught a service taxi to the Jordanian-palestinian border, from there right into the luggage check and passport control. It was so ridiculous!!! They treated everybody as a potential state enemy. We were 2 big bus loads of palestinians and a hand full of tourists and diplomats, we went through a metal detector, our luggage was x-rayed (which is a good thing of course) then my bags were searched through. After that a massive queue. Then we had to go through a certain machine that seemed to xray everybody!! After this we entered a big hall where we were supposed to get our passport stamps. There were queues for palestinians and a small one for tourists so i thought it all would go quick... At first they interviewed a woman for one hour while all other tourists had to wait. Then the israeli border oficials left.. and we waited for another hour. They returned and it all went so slow. ONce it was my turn I was asked all sorts of questions repeatedly over and over again. "whats your purpose to enter Israel? Whats your occupation? Whats your purpose to enter israel? ("yea yea i intend to blow up the wailing wall arrghh silly people) Where in Israel will you stay? Whats the name of your father? Whats your purpose to enter Israel? Do you have any relatives in Israel? Why not? Where in Israel are you going to stay? Whats your purpose to enter Israel?" etc etc The palestinians were already on the other side of the border while we all still had to wait. I became friends with 2 jordanian nuns and a priest who were on their way to Bethlehem. They helped me big time during all the border procedures. All of you know me as a rather calm and patient person but i was close ...

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