A Heart Centered Approach to Peacemaking

Jerusalem Peacemaker Rodef Shalom Eliyahu McLean describes a heart-centered approach to peacemaking that takes into account the deep wounds of both Israelis and Palestinians.

Rodef Shalom Eliyahu McLean
Eliyahu McLean is the director of the Jerusalem Peacemakers, a group of religious leaders and grassroots peacebuilders in Jerusalem and the Holy Land. Eliyahu organizes monthly inter-religious Israeli-Palestinian peace gatherings in East and West Jerusalem and coordinates the Abrahamic Reunion, a group of Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Druze religious leaders working together to re-claim religion as a source for peace. Eliyahu is also a board member and interfaith advisor for the Sulha Peace Project, which hosts an annual event which brings  together thousands of Israelis and Palestinians. Eliyahu was initiated as a 'Rodef  Shalom,' 'Peace Pursuer' by Reb Zalman Schachter Shalomi. Eliyahu's work with Palestinian Sufis is written about in the book "At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Jew's Search for God with the Christians  and Muslims in the Holy Land" by Yossi Klein Halevi. Full bio and links »
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Mary Mrugalski

Is there any way that each side could find it in their hearts to pray for each other? It seems to me that prayer may help break down the walls built around the hearts and also open the door to forgiveness...
I feel like forgiveness always overcomes fear. However, it is hard to forgive with a wall around one's heart.