The full page Webjet ("Australia's largest Online Travel Agent") advertisement on page 23 of this weekend's Australian is headed a "25 day Grand Arabia tour."
Grand Arabia? Meaning? The Arabian peninsula? Colourful head-loppings in Saudi? Rivers of blood in Yemen?
No, not really. The ad goes on to explain, in blissful defiance of geography, "Experience the ancient treasures and history of Egypt, Jordan and Israel... "
Apart from these words, the top half of the page is devoted to the famous panoramic view of Israeli-occupied (and annexed) Arab East Jerusalem with its unforgettable feature, the magnificent, golden Dome of the Rock, atop the Haram ash-Sharif. The caption accompanying it, however, ignoring completely the Dome of the Rock, reads: "Day 20: The Western Wall and Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel."
Moving on down the page, we come to "Tour highlights." These include "Cross into the Holy Land and discover the sights of Jerusalem including the Way of the Cross, Lion's Gate and the Cardo in the Jewish Quarter," and "Journey across the Judean Desert to Masada, see the location where the Dead Sea Scrolls were uncovered at Qumran, and day trip to Nazareth."
And all of this for just $6,999!
What was that about travel broadening the mind?
Here we have an example of rambamming for the terminally bored, cashed-up hoi polloi.
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Hope the trip doesn't include a trip to the Holy Sepulchre, visitors might find it closed. Why?
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20181022-in-protest-of-israel-land-grab-holy-sepulcher-church-threatens-closure/
Yes Anonymous, you would think that, in a country that still defines itself as largely Christian,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Australia
the state broadcaster would find a square centimetre of space to mention this fact about one of the most important religious sites to christians. I searched the ABC website. No mention of "holy sepulchre" since 2017. But it's not as important as (pause to scan the ABC front page of today):
"'It's better than going vegan': Is remote work the utopia that will kill the office?"
or
"Why people complain about Christmas lights and what you can do about it"
or
"Is Baby It's Cold Outside too 'rapey' for radio?"
I could go on! Come on, somebody from the ABC, defend your organisation!
No mention of Pope Francis' meeting with Mamhoud Abbas on 3rd December either. Despite this being reported on international news stations and SBS news. Couldn't agree more Grappler, someone from the ABC defend these omissions, not good enough!
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