Jerusalem — the joy, the limitation, the fire

[ by Charles Cameron — winding up with the Easter fire at Holy Sepulchre ]

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I don’t know which order to post these first two tweets in, but if there’s truth to Dr Cole‘s tweet, it does set a limit to the good news in Avi Mayer‘s. I’ll just spin them a few times like a coin, then move on to the heart of the matter.

Israel: the only country in the Middle East in which Christians, Muslims, and Jews can all worship openly and freely. Happy Easter. ????? pic.twitter.com/bKA0aom7re

— Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) April 16, 2017

Everyone could celebrate Easter in Jerusalem except Palestinian Christians https://t.co/UIyZ7sJwnY

— Juan Cole (@jricole) April 17, 2017

Israel: the only country in the Middle East in which Christians, Muslims, and Jews can all worship openly and freely. Happy Easter. ????? pic.twitter.com/bKA0aom7re

— Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) April 16, 2017

Everyone could celebrate Easter in Jerusalem except Palestinian Christians https://t.co/UIyZ7sJwnY

— Juan Cole (@jricole) April 17, 2017

Israel: the only country in the Middle East in which Christians, Muslims, and Jews can all worship openly and freely. Happy Easter. ????? pic.twitter.com/bKA0aom7re

— Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) April 16, 2017

The world, as Gerard Manley Hopkins suggests, is intrinsically dappled. And:

Jerusalem , Alexandria , Baghdad, Middle East Christians observe Easter. Happy #Easter to all those celebrating #???_???? pic.twitter.com/N19cubMeJ7

— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) April 16, 2017