WALL BETWEEN US: Notes from The Holy Land

In 2012, Bathonian Matthew Small embarked on a trip to the Holy Land to further his understanding of the enduring conflict between Israel and Palestine. There he discovered beauty, fear and suffering like no where else in the world and in his honest and evocative reflections he retells his experiences of crossing into the West Bank to work the olive harvest with Palestinian farmers. He relates his encounters with organisations that are determinedly working to sow the seeds of peace in soils that are deeply scarred by suffering and war. Deciding to join a group of international and Israeli volunteers, Small attempts to show that, despite the ongoing occupation, peace is not lost, but still to be discovered. He clearly illustrates the complications, causes and effects, and why only a radical change of heart will see a way forward in this complex situation. He evokes the horror of both the war, the wall, work as he travels both sides of the divide. 192pp, paperback, colour photos.