Can peace break out in the Holy Land? “The first thing to do is to stop the killing,” as former Senator George Mitchell put it, assessing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. So the recent ceasefire is welcome news, at least a step in the right direction-even if spoilers in both communities still want to see this moment wrecked by violence or bullying rhetoric. Real (...)
April 22, 2005
Books
Witnessing to Peace | Bethlehem Besieged
Witnessing to PeaceIn Jerusalem and the WorldMunib YounanFortress Press, $16, 169 pp.Bethlehem BesiegedStories of Hope in Times of TroubleMitri RahebFortress Press, $17, 157 pp.
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