At noon on Christmas Eve, Hubby and I found a McDonald's in Jerusalem just to have a taste of home. Nobody in the Arab world is going to lob a rocket at Jerusalem and hit the Dome of the Rock. We felt safe everywhere. The western wall was interesting. Lots of people go there and leave notes in the cracks in the wall.
People sit there and meditate and pray.
It wasn't terribly crowded there. I teach the Dead Sea in science lessons. It would be so nice if the kids could actually see it. I have a feeling we may have seen one. All of the fast foods places are making their way there just as in the rest of the world.