good talk

The Western Wall was the retaining wall of the 2nd Temple, I had read the lst Temple, I thought, it's the 2nd, I've been getting misinformation.  From Jerusalem, I took a bus to Haifa, then a bus to Acre, where I had never been.  It's real good, the Crusader stronghold for the most part from 1104 during the lst Crusade until 1291 and the ending of the 3rd Crusade, the last.  They have things set up as they were when the Knights Hospitaller of St. John and the Knights Templar ruled the city.  After awhile these 2 forgot their noble purposes and it became, competing criminal organizations, even waging war against each other.  The British administered Palestine from the League of Nations mandate in July, 1922 until May, 1948, and the large British Prison in Acre is a museum, it's neat.  9 Jewish "terrorists" were hung there, members of the Irgun and Lehi (Stern Gang), who violently opposed the British presence, unlike the Haganah, who were basically nonviolent.  The gallows is set-up as it was then (only a 4 ft. drop, ideally it should be 7 ft.).  On May 4, 1947, the Irgun gained entry into the prison disguised as British officers, and blew a big hole through which 27 Irgun and Lehi escaped, as well as 182 Arabs, this is shown in the movie "Exodus."  3 of the 9 Jews hung at Acre Prison received capital punishment for flogging British Officers, the British were happy to leave.