  Yesterday Jerry and I arrived in Jerusalem and visited the sites of the Old City. We started at the Tower of David Museum, a museum detailing the history of the city from its origins to modern times. It covered how the city had been influenced by all the different invaders, the Jews, the Christians, and the Muslims. Next we set off to explore the narrow streets of the city. We visited the Western "wailing" Wall, which is the only remnant of the 2nd Jewish temple which was destroyed by the romans in the 1st century AD. It is built on the place where Abraham almost sacrificed Isaac (the site of the 1st and 2nd Jewish temples) and since it is a holy site for Muslims as well as Jews and Christians, the Muslims built a mosque on that site in the 7th century AD... the Dome of the Rock.
I was a little upset that we were not able to enter the mosque: "muslims only. " It seems to me that Buddhists, Christians, Jews, Hindus and others all let anyone visit their religious sites and I think it is ridiculous that they would prohibit 90% of the world's people from visiting this site.
I hate to say it... but it was not their land first. Next, we walked along the stations of the cross avenue to the Church of the Holy Sepulcre which is on the site that Jesus was crucified. The church doesn't belong to any one religion: the catholics, copts, greek orthodox, and others all claim it as theirs. Everyone was allowed in. We are staying at a great hostel and slept out on the roof and could see all the monuments... we woke up to the sound of church bells this morning. 
