Into the desert sans camels !

Day 3 and with a switch of pace we head north by coach to spend the next two nights in the Movenpick Hotel in Petra. Leaving the Red Sea the terrain becomes increasingly desert like, which is to be expected since it is unsurprisingly desert.  There is a couple of stops scheduled before we arrive in Petra itself. The remnants of a 12 century Crusader fort and "Little Petra" are definitely historical enough.

The thing that struck me most though was the fact that you could see the polished dome of the "Al Aqsa" Mosque in the occupied Palestinian territory. So far away, but the fact remains that once again Britain  has screwed over a country and region it once controlled!

The highlighted piece shows clearly that the intention was there but it has slipped into meaningless jargon when you look at the change in borders taking land from the Palestinians with complicity of both America and Britain!

The Balfour Declaration;

Dear Lord Rothschild,
I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty's Government, the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which has been submitted to, and approved by, the Cabinet.
His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.
I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation.
Yours sincerely,
Arthur James Balfour

Anti Zionist rant over;

to be continued;