I was looking at my calendar today, did you know Pentecost is June 7th this year! Seems significant. 

"On 7 June 1967, the Israel Defence Forces liberated the Old City of Jerusalem and nineteen years of Jordanian rule came to an end. " 

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/dayanq.html

Second, all the floods, kind of like when giving birth - first the water breaks!

Still watching, ybiC, John...