She has not slept for two months, s he explained, because of the noise and the gunfire. And while she tries to remain strong for her children, when she embraces them, she knows they feel her trembling because she, too, is afraid. She yearns for peace, she said, for an end to the bloodshed. Even while I wondered why Beit Jala's residents did not demand that Palestinian gunmen firing at Gilo leave their community, I knew at that moment that the conference was special. It really had opened both hearts and eyes, reminding all who attended of our common humanity.
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