The Elders in the West Bank: Checkpoints and politics

On the second day of their visit, the Elders met Israeli President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem as well as Palestinian Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad in Ramallah. On their way to the West Bank, they stopped at the Qalandia checkpoint, where hundreds of Palestinians line up daily to cross into Israel under tight security. There they met Zaina who has made the crossing many times to go to school. Zaina joined other young Palestinians in conversation with the Elders later in the day to express their frustrations with the current situation and their hopes for peace.

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[alhimaralkabir]

Talk is cheap . We need action from those people to end the suffering of the Palestinian people . Plus why didn't Mr. Carter put his foot down like this when he was in the white house .

[TheEEStudent]

Only problem here is these ppl represent the moderate minority, they do not represent Hamas, who collected the majority of all "Palestinian" votes in the last elections. So this clip gives false hope. But, I guess even false hope, is better then no hope at all :-).

[mohakhed]

You are doing a great job. You give hope in the future.

[supriya55]

it's not right that this video of such importance and with such a message of hope has only 966 views after one year!!!

theeledersorg - you have to get your message out there!! you have to get this watched all over the word!!

why am i the first to leave a comment here. and none of the other videos have many views or comments either.

such positive work deserves to be spread.