Rebirth In Bethlehem
November / December, 2018
Rebirth in BethlehemHow does one attain peace in a land of ubiquitous trauma? Inside the growing bilateral movement to bring healing to Israel-PalestineI’m in the passenger seat of a sedan cruising the highway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, passing dry hills, minarets and wire fencing beneath Palestinian villages looming over the road. “Sometimes they throw rocks at the cars,” Oren Lebovitch tells me as I try to catch a glimpse of the West Bank barrier, a wall that currently spans more than 400...