1.0Beliefnet Newshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/newsmconsolihttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/author/mconsoliIn a Jerusalem Hospital, 'Enemies' Bondrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="qptGN8EfPc"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/2009/12/in-a-jerusalem-hospital-enemie">In a Jerusalem Hospital, ‘Enemies’ Bond</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/2009/12/in-a-jerusalem-hospital-enemie/embed#?secret=qptGN8EfPc" width="600" height="338" title="“In a Jerusalem Hospital, ‘Enemies’ Bond” — Beliefnet News" data-secret="qptGN8EfPc" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Marya and Orel, a Palestinian Muslim and an Israeli Jew, both 8, have become friends in Alyn Hospital. But it is almost more powerful to observe their parents, the ones who grasp the conflict that put them there. He can be impulsive. She has a touch of bossiness. Next-door neighbors for nearly a year, they…