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We are in West Jerusalem
Just outside the wall of the Old city
We are having Breakfast and
afterwards, we go to explore the old city
Jerusalem is divided into East and West Part
Western Part is mainly Jewish area
and Eastern Part is an Arab area
on this road used to be border before the war of 1967
East Jerusalem was part of Jordan
This area in front of me where I'm going now
That metro line was an actual border
and on the building behind the line
there are still some bullets holes
from Jordan and Israelian war
Old Jerusalem is very small only 1 Sq. Km
and it is divided into 4 quarters
Armenians are also Christians
they have a separate quarter and churches
Muslim Quarter is the biggest
and then Jews quarter
The old city has 8 gates
7 Gates are opened
and every Quarter has a one or two gates
The Gate in front of Jaffa St. is Jaffa Gate
all gates are opened except Golden gate
which according to Muslims belief
Imam Mehdi will enter Jerusalem through this gate
and it will stay closed until then
Right next to Jaffa Gate is Armenian Quarter
and after that is Jewish Quarter
When you enter the old city through Jaffa Gate
The name of the road changes to Omar Ibn Khitab
These buildings are part of Armenian Quarter
The wall around the old city
was built by the ottomans
not only the wall but all the main development
of the city happened in that Period
they also built a railway between Jaffa and Jerusalem
and they stopped it before the old city
to protect the Old city
Now I'm in Jewish Quarter
a lot of renovation work has been done here
very beautiful small streets
we will continue exploring it
This area in front
This is not only the Holy place for Muslims
but an equally holy place for Jews
Muslims call it Haram Al-Sharif
It was the first Kaaba of Muslims for 13 years
and it is the place of the first and second
Jewish Temple
First Temple was built by Prophet Suleman
which was destroyed by the Babylonians
and 2nd Temple was built by Jewish King
Herod the Great
which was destroyed by the Romans and
they also expelled Jews from the city
Jews were allowed only once a year to visit the City
then the Muslim History starts
which I will explain later
when I go inside the Al Aqsa compound
But let me tell you a little about the place
This is Western Wall
Where Jews Pray
This Dome
is called Dome of Rock
this is
Al Aqsa Mosque
a lot of people think Golden Dome is Al Aqsa Mosque
and the Mountain behind Al Aqsa Mosque
this mountain
is called Mount Olive
place of Jewish cemetery is there
and the Minaret is actually Church
From where Jesus travelled to Heaven
so now let's go to the Muslim Quarter
As a Muslim, I'm allowed to go inside
Now I'm inside the Al Aqsa compound
The police asked me a lot of questions
especially because of my vlogging camera
whether I'm making this for commercial purposes
For a TV Channel etc.
They do ask a lot of questions and sometimes
they can get very aggressive
Yesterday they didn't let us enter even
we told them that we are Muslims
but we entered from a different gate
I'm walking towards Dome of Rock
I'm inside Dome of Rock
Here the history starts after the arrival of Muslims
as this isn't important place for Christians
they used to throw garbage it
when Omar ibn Khitab arrived in the city
He allowed the Jews back into City and
He consulted a Jewish Rabi to tell him the place of
first Jewish Temple
The Rabi who later converted
told him this is also the same place from where
Prophet Muhammad ascended to Heaven on Nights Journey
and according to Jewish believe also the same place
where Prophet Ibrahim brought his son Isaac to sacrifice
Jews and Muslims cleaned the place
and Omar Ibn Khitab planned to build a Dome
But it was built in the Umayyad Caliphate by
by Abd al-Malik
Non-Muslims are not allowed to enter here
only outside during specific hours
there is still the Rock which is the foundation
This is the basement inside the Dome of Rock
This is so holy that Jews can't enter
 
even when they had control of this area
only their Rabi would come here once a year
on Jewish Holiest day 'Yom Kippur'
only on that day and only Rabi not anyone else
The western wall where Jews prayer
is only 30meters away from here
Which I will visit later
behind me, you can see one small Dome
The small is the actual Model
which Non-Muslims can visit
This whole area because
was under Jordan
when Jordan lost the war
Israel took over the control but
now Israel controls the outside security
But
Islamic society Waqf holds the keys of the gates
and controls the area inside
This Dome is actual Gold (200kg) gifted by
Jordanian King
before that, there were Bronz and copper colours
Umayyad Caliphate not only built this Dome but
but also built
Al Aqsa Mosque in front of it
Now it might be closed
visitors are allowed during 7-10am the only outside area
I will go inside for Friday Prayer
I'm inside Al Aqsa Mosque
I was thinking it will be closed during Non-Muslims
visiting timings but Muslims can enter anytime
I feel very lucky to be here
It will be
very crowded during the Friday Prayer
inside here there are also a number of Mosques
There is Omar Mosque
This Minbar is made by Saladin
I hope I'm right
This is called Qibli Mosque
Friday Prayer
The Old Al Aqsa Mosque is in the Basement
in front of every Gate is a Bazar
this is very beautiful Bazar
I'm passing through Muslim Quarter
because this area was under Jordan so
Arabs still hold Jordanian Passports
and they prefer to do it instead of taking Israelian
I wanted to show you something
because I'm in Muslim Quarter and
every Quarter is religiously Segregated
and every one prefer to stay in their Quarter
but here you see Israelian flag
in front
these home you see are actually settlers
and also on this side
someone is listening to what I'm speaking
so I want to avoid saying it
these are illegal Settlers home
I need to more careful when I say something here
to avoid landing myself in any kind of trouble
Say it loud
I never ate such tasty Falafel and Hummus before
I'm at the Damascus Gate (Muslim Quarter)
you see all these Police check posts
here
one there
I haven't see Police check posts in other Quarters
only in Muslims Quarter
Maybe I'm wrong but I haven't seen there
Maybe there are some as well
This path goes to Church of Holy Sepulchre
here Jesus was crucified
and contains an empty tomb of Prophet
Christian Pilgrims walk on the path where Jesus walked
This is Christians Quarter
I'm near to Church
It is very crowded
It is not under control of any Particuler section of
Christianity
They all have a particular area for their prayer
when Omar ibn Khitab took over the city and
visited the Church, the priest offered him
to pray inside but He refused thinking that
in future, Muslims might turn it into a Mosque
he prayed in front of this place
there
on the same place is now Omar Mosque
This is the Western Wall area
The only place in Temple Mount where Jews pray
near the wall
there is a small room inside
we went there as well
by wearing Kippa
in a few minutes, Shabat will start
which is from Friday sunset to Saturday sunset
and Jews refrain from doing a lot of things during
Shabat
all the restaurants will be closed in the Jewish area
we might go to the Arab area to eat
Now we are thinking to visit Mount Olive
This is Mount Olive
the holy place for Jews and Christians
The Jewish cemetery is
3000 years old
and have over 150,000 graves
and Christians because
Jesus used to live here (place of Last supper)
when Jesus was crucified
He was arrested here and
when He saw the city was burned down
He cried for the city of Jerusalem and its people
Jesus ascended to heaven from here
Church of Ascension
This is Jaffa Street which is only Pedestrian st.
which is very lively especially during the night
similarly to the Arab Quarter
Now I'm going to Machneyuda
which is one of the oldest Market
Let's go there
you can get alcohol there but not in Arab Bazar
But both are similar
You should visit at least once
and decide yourself
and hopefully, I gave some good info about the city
See u in the Next vlog
