Jerusalem - Israel

Jerusalem one of the twenty oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, also an confusing one. Dated back to 2800 BC and over time the three Abrahamic religions that see this city as one of their holiest or the most holiest. That meant that over the centuries there was a lot of fighting and controversies that still happen. Israel and the Palestine Authority claimed it as its capital, also there is limited recognition to avoid controversy but its not working well. The Old City is small of area but its packed with religious importance of the three Abrahamic religions. The well known sights are Temple Mount, Western Wall, Dome of the Rock, al-Aqsa Mosque, the Church of the Holy Sepulchreand Garden Tomb. And many more things are to see but watch out with your unattended belongings, security is tight and everything could'be an explosive in there eyes and remove and destroys it quickly. Many sights take care of your dress, men wear long pants, closed shirts with sleeves and head covering and for women skirts fall below the knee, closed shirt with elbow sleeves with no exposing of cleavage and stomach. No smoking on Shabbat and Jewish holidays and use of electronic devices. And non-Muslims are not allowed on the Temple Mount during prayer, also don't eat, drink and smoke during Ramadam. So keep on eye on that and you ready to go. So lets take an look at the flag.

The flag has an white background and two horizontal blue stripes. The blue stripes represented the tallit also know as the Jewish praying shawl. In the center we see the emblem of Jerusalem. Its consists the Lion of Judah an Jewish national symbol. Many European coat of arms with lions are derived from this symbol. And medieval scholastics believed that the lioness gave birth to her young death and the lion's roar brought the young to life after three days. It was the same with Christ in their statement. After three days in the grave, Christ was raised up by the voice of God according to the teachings of the church. The background shows the Western Wall also known as kotel, were Jews are pray and left written prayer notes in the wall. The olive branches flanked the lion, which is symbol of peace in the western world and the Arabic world. On top an Hebrew text says Jerusalem. An religious looking flag to reach out in peace.