A room without a view

 

The original name is ” Walled off ” Hotel. Its owner is none other than Banksy the” graffiti ” artist, who set his sights on the West Bank and especially on the separation wall of Bethlehem to make a work of art.

Oddly enough the name reminds us of another luxury hotel on the other side of the wall, the      ” Waldorf Astoria Hotel”, which was built recently in Jerusalem.

Its ten rooms are decorated with Banksy arts, furnished with taste, humor, research and provocation. Very little light penetrates. The view, certainly the worst of all hotels all over the world, overlooks this famous wall of separation.

Numerous graffitis parade this wall and continue to recall the years of Intifada, the Israeli- Palestinian conflict, nowadays an entrenched population that lives with a feeling of abandonment and isolation while being administered by the ” Palestinian Authority”.

The seven species of the land of Israël

Due to the seven types of fruits and grains, the main products of the land of Israel, it is mentioned in the Torah as :

“A land of wheat, barley, grapes, figs and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey.

WHEAT
This is the first element needed to build Personality, the Spiritual and Intelligent side of a person

BARLEY
This provides animal feed, an important element for human existence.

Barley

A VINEYARD expresses Joy and Festivity
Life is made of moments of happiness which are celebrated by enjoying a good wine.      ” The wine delights the hearts of humans ” Psalm 104-15

Grape vine

DATTE HONEY symbolises a Good, Sweet, and Abundant life in the Land of Israel
In biblical Hebrew, the word for date palm is Tamar, a woman’s name evoking grace and elegance. The name is popular even today.

Palm Tree with date fruits

The FIG is the symbol of Celestial food
The fig tree is a Messianic tree and one of the first tree to bloom in February.
It has this peculiarity that none of its leaves are the same, like the image of Israel, or the Torah, where every biblical verse can have a different explanation

THE POMEGRANATE  is thesymbole of  Prosperity,  Fertility and Beauty.
It has many seeds. The children of Israël should feel inclined to perform as many good deed (Mitzvoth) as the number of seeds of the pomegranate.

Pomegranate

The OLIVE tree is the symbol of a Blessed and Happy family life.
It is also that of Longevity, Hope and of Peace … and is reputedly to live forever.

Olive tree