PILGRIMS, STARS AND MONEY
By Sergio Granillo November 24, 2019 Last week I came back from a trip to the Middle East. It was, no doubt, a very exciting experience from the religious perspective, but also on the human and social sides for what it means to live in Israel and Jordan presently. Two days after landing in Tel Aviv we traveled north of the country, to the region of Galilee, close to the border with Syria. That night we saw on the news that Israel had murdered an important Palestinian leader in Gaza, which triggered a renewed fight between the 2 nations. Gaza launched 400 missiles against Israeli territory, but the so called “iron shield” of Israel avoided further damage, except a few explosions near roads, even when the objective of the attacks was Tel Aviv. The economic and military power of Israel is way bigger than Gaza’s, and in retaliation several bombs were launched on their territory; Arabic media showed serious damage in urban areas and dozens of casualties, civilians were killed, even ...