Friday, November 23, 2012

Childhood Dreams - Wars of Man



reddit user, jaclar, claims the locaion in the picture is "Eastern Prayer Road" in Herbron/West Bank.

"I know where this place is. It's the so called "Eastern Prayer Road" in Hebron/West Bank. The story behind this street is that it is used by the Israeli settlers which live in Kiryat Arba to go to to the Cave Of The Patriarchs during Shabat (each Saturday). During this time no Palestinian is allowed to step on the road to "avoid conflicts". The stone barrier where the kid is hiding behind serves the purpose to ensure this policy.Here is the same place from another perspective. As it seems the picture is already a couple of years old because the wall looks much newer. I don't think the soldiers are particular searching for the kid. They are mostly their on patrol 
but knowing Palestinian kids of this age they are usually horrified when Israeli soldiers approach
."

*note: The costume is not an Easter Bunny, but a costume worn for, Purim, a Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian Empire from destruction in the wake of a plot by Haman, a story recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther (Megillat Esther).

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