Emirati astronaut: From space, Jerusalem looks like ‘flower of all flowers’
The astronaut didn’t mention it, but Israel is compared to flowers in the Bible, as in Song of Songs 2:2, which calls Zion “a lily (or rose) among the thorns.”
JNS - Jewish News Syndicate 24.06.2023
(June 23, 2023 / JNS) Emirati astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi’s Twitter feed is full of photos of different parts of the world taken from the International Space Station.
Sultan Al Neyadi is part of the “longest Arab space mission in history,” per his Twitter handle.
On June 22, Al Neyadi—whose handle states that he is part of history’s longest Arab space mission—shared an image of Jerusalem at night.
“Jerusalem from space looks like the flower of all flowers,” he tweeted, adding symbols of a rose and a heart.
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