24 HOURS JERUSALEM – 26’ - PART 4: 12:30-1 pm
04:00:02
... 12:30 in Jerusalem... Franciscans meet at the St Saviour monastery to pray before lunch… the Franciscans are the custodians of the holy sites in the Holy Land for the catholic church… their story in Jerusalem begins with the founder, Francis of Assisi… he came with the crusaders nearly 800 years ago and preached peace… he wanted to convert the Muslim ruler Sultan Al Kamil to Christianity… he achieved non of his goals… the Sultan didn’t become a Christian, and no battle was averted…
04:01:35
12:32… there are over 1.400 synagogues, churches and mosques in Jerusalem… those, who want to negotiate between the religions or between Palestinians and Israelis, quickly gets caught in the middle…
04:01:54
The old city of Jerusalem is in the East of town. According to the United Nation it is part of Palestinian territory, for Israel it is part of its capital. The centre is divided in four quarters: a Jewish quarter, a Muslim quarter, a Christian quarter and an Armenian quarter. The holy sites of three world religions crammed into a very tight space: The Wailing Wall, the al-Aqsa Mosque, the Holy Sepulchre. Every religion claims space for itself, yet there is only one Jerusalem.
04:02:43
… for months the Jewish peace activist Hagit Ofran has received death threats… she’s packing her bag for a tour of flashpoints
04:04:26
… Netanel Mamo celebrates his Bar Mitzvah at the Wailing Wall, at the foot of the Temple Mount… at 13, he has reached religious maturity and he has to observe Jewish laws on his own accord from now on… in Hagit Ofran’s staircase her enemies have left graffiti on the walls, wishing her a sudden death…
04:06:03
… Hagit is the granddaughter of a famous Jewish scholar… as an activist in the Peace Now movement she campaigns for a settlement with the Palestinians… she keeps a daily record of the squatting in the Palestinian territories… by radical Jewish settlers, she’s considered a traitor…
04:06:45
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… 12:37 in Jerusalem… photographer Jim Hollander has an appointment with a Chinese film star, but he won’t be alone… the Franciscans say midday prayer…
04:08:01
… the rules of the order require every Franciscan to live in complete poverty… he may own nothing… humility and obedience are his duty… he has to settle where the order puts him and do every job required of him… the fabric he wears has to be rough on the skin…
04:08:35
… East of the Old City, in view of Temple Mount, the Piltz family lives in a small settlement… the three houses are guarded around the clock… they are in an Arab quarter in the East of Jerusalem… the Piltz family is the member of a group of ultra orthodox Jewish settlers… they believe the Messiah will soon arrive…
04:10:17
… after countless stairs and numerous terraces, Jim Hollander has reached his destination… a photo op with the Chinese star Zhang Jingchu… her new movie is the first ever Chinese/Israeli coproduction
04:11:21
… 12:41… Franciscans have gathered for lunch…
04:11:31
Hagit Ofran wants to go to the Wailing Wall… Israeli excavations cause concern among Muslims… while radical Jewish settlers dream of a new Temple on Temple Mount, the al-Aqsa Mosque is the third most important holy site of Muslim faith… soon the muezzin will give the call to prayer…
04:13:59
… Zhang Jingchu only has a brief moment to spare for the reporters… she’s shooting a romantic comedy… a family drama… Jim wants a photograph, his colleagues from Reuters and Bloomberg want an interview…
04:16:53
12:47… in Jerusalem, every Mosque has at least one Muezzin… Firas Al Quazaz calls the faithful to Midday prayer at the al Aqsa Mosque…. for generations the muezzin of the largest and most important mosque in Jerusalem come from this family… the right faith is as much a condition as a beautiful voice…
04:17:32
… Hagit Ofran wants to meet Danny Zeitman, a fellow activist…
04:19:20
… like Hagit Ofran, Danny Zeitman is struggling for a Jerusalem for all … Muslims, Christians, Jews… Israeli and Palestinian… some days see hopes rise, others see it barely breathing…
04:21:48
… when the sun has reached it’s highest point and casts no shadow, midday prayer begins in the mosque…
04:25:26
… the next episode of 24h Jerusalem takes us to a Palestinian refugee camp which lies in Jerusalem but is cut off from the city… a cab driver tells his sister’s story, a sister who was killed in a suicide bombing… a musician climbs a lot of steps to play his instrument… to the top of a tower…
