Here's one from Israel

The reason I haven't posted any pictures from our trip is because all of them are on Rob's computer.  I have like three from my iPhone.  This is one of them.  This is a picture of the Western Wall of the second temple of Solomon from the time of Jesus.  The rest of the wall cannot be accessed because of the Muslims.  They have built the Dome of the Rock and its grounds over the foundation of the rest of the temple.  The Western Wall is heavily guarded (meaning guarded by men with machine guns), and everyone must go through a airport-type security before going in.  One member of our group had a "Save Palestine" poster in his backpack (he bought it as a joke).  The Israeli security made him throw it away and wasn't going to let him in.  After much convincing, they let him in.  I thought it was stupid that he even bought it, but whatever.  Anyway, at the Wall, men go to pray at the wall at the left, the women go to the right.  Most people have a small prayer written on paper, and they push it into a crack they can find on the wall.  Rob put a prayer in for our family.  Many people have a prayer book they are using to pray there.  We took a tour underneath the street of another portion of the wall, and they have a prayer section under there as well.  The tunnel they excavated came at great cost to the Israeli Jews.  Lots of fighting with the Muslims.  The tension between them is palpable.  Demonstrations, many of them violent and fatal, take place in Jerusalem all the time.  There was one at the Damascus gate, leading into the Old City while we were there.  Two people were killed by Israeli guards. It was instigated by Muslims to "commemorate" their defeat in one of the many battles between Israelis and Palestinians.