‘Every Jerusalemite’s dream’

As Francis makes his way across the capital to Mount Herzl on its western edge, helicopters can be heard buzzing overhead.

The pope’s large motorcade glides unimpeded through empty streets across the notoriously clogged city, a picture of what one Israeli TV commentator calls “every Jerusalemite’s dream.”

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