When worlds collide there is certainly potential for unrest. But in the case of Jerusalem, one of the most historical cities on earth, the result is an extraordinary richness of culture. In Israel's capital city, the old world meets modern times.
Religious fundamentalists stand side by side with secular business folk.
The city was actually divided with concrete walls and barbed wire from 1948 to 1967 as a result of the 1948-49 War of Independence. During this time, the new western portion was ruled by Israel and the eastern Old City was ruled by Jordan. Following the 1967 War the city was reunited under Israeli rule. The old section, on the other hand, streams with peddlers and pushcarts. Though modern Jerusalem's 43 square miles of hills, valleys, and suburban sprawl far exceeds the Old City in size, it is the walled-in Old City that retains the historical traditions of three major world religions.