I learned a new trick.

I'm experimenting with hyperlinks. Let's see if this works.
I really like this image. On first glance, it looks like the people are going to kiss, but as the caption explains, it is a confrontation.

Of course it's a confrontation!
But I love the split second of mistaking the intimacy of conflict for the intimacy of love. Someone remarked to me the other day, "How can these people not get along? They live so close to each other?" It is true--the people affected by the Israel-Palestine conflict are neighbors geographically in a very small land, and are sharing space--coexisting--in every aspect of their lives. As a result, the actions on either side are so personal, and so intensely felt.

This is not the kind of positive intimacy that the word "coexistence" brings to mind but... Just for a split second, reset your image of this place, and imagine the awesome possibilities that the intimacy of these shared communities could bring, could they coexist in tolerance, cooperation and peace.

This article was the picture's original context.