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Israel will always remain the country where my parents met each other, even though they have been divorced now almost longer than their marriage ever lasted. Nevertheless, after a short stay here in 1967, I did not come back until 1997. And a visit to Jerusalem seemed most interesting and obvious to do. It was a short visit, but anyway worthwile. And it gave me an even more confusing image of the Middle East than I had before.
There is such a variety of religions, which for me as an outsider are different but at the same time also related and treating the same questions of life. It was as if walking in the evening news of television, while walking down the streets of this holy city. Pamphlets everywhere, heavily armed Israeli policemen, rabbis walking by in the same streets as Arabs, mosques and churches, bustling Arab markets, the Wailing Wall. It is truly a very multicultural city. But never with a relaxed atmosphere.
Here, frequently bombs explode, people are killed, stones are thrown. Walking around, provocations become clear. Huge Israeli flags hanging over Palestinian buildings. And then att he same time, you can feel everywhere the old age of the city. History can almost be touched every step you take. I left the city with probably more mixed emotions than when I entered.