President George M Weah has been offering prayers for peace to reign in Liberia as he seeks God’s Devine blessings for a peaceful and successful election in October while in Israel.
The Liberian leader who began his official working visit to the State of Israel touring Holy Sites in Jerusalem on Monday is being accompanied by First Lady Madam Clar Marie Weah, Ministers of Government and some ranking members of the Legislature.
President Weah and entourage were led on a guided tour by Israeli Government Representatives to the Holy Land of Jerusalem and visited sites like the Western Wall known also as the Wailing Wall which represents the most religious site in the world for the Jewish people located in the Old City of Jerusalem.
It is the last remaining outer wall of the ancient Jewish temple and an incredibly important site of modern Israeli history.
He also toured the Church of the Holy Sepulcher also in Jerusalem’s Old City, which contains the site of Jesus’ crucifixion, burial, and resurrection.
It is Christianity’s holiest site. The church stands at the end of the Via Dolorosa—the route Jesus is believed to have taken on the way to his crucifixion.
President Weah and delegation also visited the Holy Garden of Gethsemane at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem where, according to the four Gospels of the New Testament, Jesus Christ underwent the agony in the garden and was arrested before his crucifixion.
It is a place of great resonance in Christianity; there are several small olive groves in the church property, all adjacent to each other and identified with biblical Gethsemane.
At these various Holy Sites in Jerusalem, the Liberian leader offered prayers.
Meanwhile, President Weah accompanied by First Lady Weah, is to first meet the President of Israel Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal Herzog and later in the afternoon meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today.
At those meetings, the leaders of both countries are to discuss areas of mutual cooperation, which include international peace and security, economic and trade ties, among others.
