... this postcard was sent out from Bethlehem, and today, 3 months later, it finally reached us!!Not sure what makes it travelled for so long -- so long that I thought I'll never get it. Lost but found, it makes me treasure it more.
At the back of the postcard, it read:
Back to the Wall, Bethlehem, Palestine
(photograph by James Prineas)
A beautiful girl and friends from the AEI-Open Windows educational program in Bethlehem. The United Nations' highest judicial body, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), declared that the Wall, along its planned route, infringes Palestinians rights, cannot be justified by national security and violates international law. As a result of the Wall, many Palestinians have been cut off from their relatives, farmland, and jobs.
Look at her smile -- innocent and quiet. If this side of the wall is all she ever knows, then what the rest of the world think about this Wall probably doesn't mean much to her as this is the only world she knows. But when time goes by, the conflicts, wars and debates over the Israel-Palestine issues will one day rip away this innocent smile and pure heart from her...
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