“Bethlehem’s Christians must seek permits and wait hours in crowded lines at checkpoints if they want to visit Jerusalem and Christian holy sites” —- Maybe it is because of all the security risks of letting crowds of Palestinians across the border. Are you familiar with history. At one time Israeli Jews and non-Jews had to be afraid to get on public transportation for fear of a suicide bomber. Most of that kind of terrorism has been illuminated because of security checks. Yet civilian Jews are attacked all the time in Israeli streets by terrorists. Calling me “ignorant” does not change facts.