This has become more obvious with the passage of time, but the initial description, which was a lie, has stuck in the public mind. We know their purpose is largely one of harassment and punishment. We know that Jerusalem ID cards are designed as tickets out of Palestine, instruments of further harassment of the citizens there. A process implies moving forward toward a commonly designated goal. And there is no peace in a process that is so flawed with these imperfections.
Words are tools used to shape reality.
When those tools are used to discriminate and oppress, what we are hearing are lies. Every one of you here tonight should leave this room at the conclusion of this program, determined to go out and correct the lies that you hear about the Middle East. When you do so you begin an important process to bring truth and light into an arena where too many lies continue to be told under the pretension of truth. Go out and deliver this message. Jim Wall is the editor of The Christian Century Magazine.