There are no few obstacles to peace in the area known to some as ‘Israel’ and to others as ‘Palestine.’ Not the least of which is an imposing concrete wall some twenty-six feet high snaking its way through a plethora of Palestinian economic centers, effectively choking off the possibility of commerce and even equally dividing Palestinian neighborhoods that once existed side-by-side.

While the Israeli government claims the wall is being built as a means of security – keeping Palestinian terrorists out of Israeli population centers – the facts tell a much different story. For instance, did you know that there are as many Palestinians (as well as Jews!) living ‘inside’ the wall as ‘outside’? That’s a strange fact for something built in the name of ‘security’ and a major counter to the claim of what the wall is supposedly about. One would expect, in the name of security, to see a clean break between Jewish and Palestinian communities – but that is simply not the case at all. Continue reading…