Hidden from view, hidden from view
Your children will ask you, ‘What did you do
When they made a ghetto of Bethlehem?
Did you keep silent when the soldiers came?
When they built the wall of shame
Were you just hidden from view?’

Sixteen Christian witnesses articulate the degree of desperation felt by the people of Bethlehem, as they call on the world to wake up to what is happening to their little town. For Bethlehem is under siege, its economy strangled, 87 per cent of its land taken by the wall, which swoops in and out of the West Bank, cutting people off from their fields and their livelihood.

Something very special is being destroyed, but Garth Hewitt passionately believes that it is not too late for people of all faiths to speak up and call for justice in this situation: to reaffirm, in the birthplace of Jesus, the dignity, rights and value of each human being made ‘in the image of God’.

This vitally important volume includes a wealth of practical resource material to help us take action.

‘This book should shake you out of your ignorance or indifference and get you campaigning on behalf of our brothers and sisters in Palestine.’

Christian Marketplace Magazine  

Praise for author’s Towards the Dawn:

‘This is a remarkable and powerful reflection of the pain and struggles of the communities of the Middle East in the light of the Christian doctrines of Trinity and resurrection. I commend it for meditation, prayer and response.’

Kenneth Leech

‘[offers] a spirituality for justice and peace in the special and sacred place we call the Holy Land.’

Jim Wallis