24 HOURS JERUSALEM – 26’ - PART 9: 11:30 pm - 12 am
09:00:02
… … 11:30 pm in Jerusalem… Mohammed Mughrabi lives in the Shu’afat refugee camp… he wears his white tracksuit on his way to the gym… he makes music and as a rapper he’s got a reputation to upkeep… as a resident of Shu’afat, he’s a citizen of Jerusalem, but he’s separated from the rest of the city by the wall… he pays his taxes, but there is no rubbish collection in the district and the power supply is illegal, just like the construction of the houses… the refugee camp has become a city within the city, a place with its own laws and rules… his gym is in a new building, right behind the checkpoint…
09:01:36
11:32pm, 11 degrees… night has finally settled over Jerusalem – with all its demons, fears and with its happiness… but most of all, it is a time of dreams…
09:03:07
… most residents of Jerusalem are already asleep or on their way home…
09:03:29
… DJ Omri H takes a last sip of Vodka in his favourite bar… then he’s out into the street and off to work… it is his job to make other people dance…
09:04:31
… in West Jerusalem, in the Rehavia district, Marybel Victorio works as a carer and prepares dinner for her employer Ruth Bach… Marybel is from the Philippines and lives with Ruth to care for her around the clock… she’s off duty two days a week… Ruth is 90 years old, still very sprightly, but she requires help with her every day routine…
09:05:39
… Marybel is not the only Filipino carer in Israel… they get 5-year contracts and if their employees live longer they can stay until their deaths… …
09:06:09
… DJ Omri H works in the largest and most legendary club in Jerusalem, the HaOman 17… his career as a DJ began at the age of 12…
09:07:38
… Ruth escaped to Jerusalem from Europe in 1940 and up until this very day she’s interested in what goes on in the world…
09:08:30
… the doorman in front of the HaOman 17 is not very busy yet, the crowd will arrive after midnight… the club lies in the industrial territories in the West…at night, the closest neighbours are far away, it is often noisy in front of the club, inside of the club it is loud, anyway…
09:09:32
…at Mohammed Mughraby’s gym Hot Dogs and falafel are sold in the basement, on the top floor there are dumbbells, protein products and stretching benches… there is just one sports ground in Shu’afat, as part of the school, but it’s long been closed…
09:10:20
… until 1967, Shu’afat belonged to East Jerusalem – and East Jerusalem was part of Jordan… during the 6 day war the whole city and the West Bank was conquered by Israeli troops… since then, internationally the territories are considered as occupied and skirmishes between Israeli security forces and Palestinians are an every day occurrence… the historian Albert Aghazarian grew up in the Armenian Quarter in the East of the city… when he looks back on the last decades, he looks back on wars…
09:12:40
… 11 : 43pm in Jerusalem …
09:12:51
in Magdi Abu Snineh’s bakery, olive wood is used to fire the oven, which is still filled with this morning’s ash… the old city around the bakery is deserted at this time of night…
09:13:04
… human rights lawyer Shlomo Lecker lives in the West of Jerusalem… for him, the history of the region is also a history of wars, interrupted by hope… visitors to HaOman 17 are searched twice, fear of attacks is still deep rooted… those let through by the security guards need to wear the right outfit, have the right look or the right aura…
09:19:32
… 23 Uhr 52 …
09:19:38
… for many years now, Ruth Bach has trouble sleeping… she often lies awake the entire night and listens to the radio, mainly the news… there’s always the chance of something happening …
09:19:54
like her, Shlomo Lecker’s parents escaped from the catastrophe in Europe… he now lives in an old house in Jerusalem…
09:24:09
… before Marybel goes to sleep, she looks in on Ruth one more time… makes sure the windows are all closed, the lights turned off, then she goes to bed.. she can dream, Ruth can’t… …
09:25:19
… in the next episode of 24h Jerusalem a man, whom one would never suspect of being able to cry will break out in tears… he may not be crying but merely unable to laugh (???)… Ethiopian nuns will wake in the middle of the night to perform religious service… and at the Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital, a child is born… may it live in peace…
