The irony of this greeting of peace at the Bethlehem gate in the wall built between Israel and Palestinian territory usually called the West Bank erected to limit mobility of Palestinians into and out of Israel forms a picture worthy of reflection this year as we remember the story of Jesus' parents finding no welcome as they knocked on doors looking for a place to stay the night before Jesus' birth. What does peace look like? How might this image be transformed? I read a book recently by a Jew, Yossi K. Haveli, who tries to find reconciliation with Christians and Muslims in Israel/Palestine. It is an amazing book. It is called At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Jew's Search for Hope with Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land. 
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