"Peace Be With You"

The drive from Bethlehem to the Jaffa Gate was uneventful except for passing through the securiuty wall which Israel has been built in order to make it more difficult for homicide bombers and the like to cross into Israel from the Palestinian territories. The wall is not all-encompassing, as evidenced by our back-roads drive into Bethlehem which did not involved passing through a check point.

The stop was pretty simple: a talk with the driver and a look into the trunk, and we were on our way. There was very little traffic until we reached the more populated areas of Jerusalem.

The pictures show the barrier as we approach from the Palestinian side (above) and then the three below are of the wall from the Israel side. "Peace Be With You" ... I definitely agree.