Beyond bombs and bullets
Last night I watched one of the most gripping, thought-provoking and inspiring documentaries I’ve ever seen. It’s called Little Town of Bethlehem and features three men - a Christian, a Muslim and a Jew - each committed to nonviolence as the way forward for Israelis and Palestinians alike.
While the complex history of the Israeli-Palestianian conflict can feel quite overwhelming and insurmountable, I left the theater at Messiah College feeling inspired. In a land where violence is by all accounts the norm, this story of nonviolence from articulate and thoughtful representatives of each of the region’s three different faiths is remarkable.
Like those featured in the documentary, I count King and Gandhi among my personal heroes, and over the past couple of years I’ve taken to studying their lives and words. While war and violent conflict are generally considered inevitable by those in power and many of the citizens who elect them, all of us would do well to pay more attention to the moments in history when courageous people committed to nonviolence have galvanized movements for peaceful social change. As we’re reminded in the film, bullets do not distinguish between Muslim, Jew or Christian, nor between black and white. It’s in the best interest of all of us to work toward alternatives.
Little Town of Bethlehem is currently screening on college campuses across North America.
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