The wall starts coming down

On Thursday night, young people in the Aida Camp drilled a small hole through the wall. Yesterday Israel retaliated by entering the camp last night with a huge force of soldiers firing tear gas into houses and in the street. Several people were injured and one international photographer was hit in the head by a rubber  bullet. One of the internationals in our house has just left to visit her in hospital. 

As they gaze at the beautiful Bethlehem land on the far side of the wall, these young people dream that one day they will have the freedom to escape this prison. The fulfilment of this dream lies with the international community. While it stays silent, the injustice will continue. 

The cry "Let my people go" echoes a Jewish cry of long ago, but today it is not the Egyptians who are the oppressors.