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Jerusalem: the name itself evokes an idea of universality and peace reaching beyond nationalisms,
racial disputes, religious faiths and political barriers.
Jerusalem has always been the crossroads between different races and worlds.
Concentrated in only a few hundred feet are Al-Aqsa Mosque, Holy Sepulcher, and Wailing Wall the most important
sacred sites of the three principal monotheistic religions.
Within the city: the holy Christian sites of the youth of prophet Jesus (pbuh); his crucifixion; burial and
resurrection, the third holiest site for Muslims; Al-Haram Al-Sharif from where prophet Mohammad (pbuh) rose
to heaven can be seen, and the holiest Jewish sites; Wailing Wall and Tomb of King David (pbuh).
It is the Holy City of humanity, and is the City of Peace, in spite of the invasions and pillaging that over the
centuries have succeeded each other there.
The Arabs (Muslims and Christians) call it Al-Quds or Baytel Maqdis, the Holy One.
The Jews call it Yerushalayim, the City of Peace.
The World call it Jerusalem.
The origins of Jerusalem are lost in the remote past.
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Recent archaeological excavations reveal that it is at least as old as the 15th century BC,
where it is called Urusalimu in the Egyptian and Babylonian literature.
