WITH the damp of a rainstorm still hanging in the evening air, a human wave bore down on Jerusalem's old city from the west, engulfing the cool stone walls in a blue-and-white sea.

尽管晚空中依旧弥漫着暴风雨的气息，而自西而来的人群仍源源不断的涌向耶路撒冷（Jerusalem）老城［注一］，把冰冷的石墙淹没在蓝白色的海洋［注二］之中。