{"id":2612,"date":"2014-12-29T17:37:58","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T17:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com\/israelnews\/?p=2612"},"modified":"2015-01-28T17:41:19","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T17:41:19","slug":"pray-for-the-peace-of-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com\/israelnews\/pray-for-the-peace-of-jerusalem\/","title":{"rendered":"Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Lilly Cohen
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\"Pray<\/a>

Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem<\/p><\/div>
\nI feel slightly protective about Israel and its people. Ridiculous, I know. But then, feelings have never listened to logical reasoning. So I continue to feel protective. See, I want them, for once, to have the thing they have never experienced and long for so desperately: peace. To live a life without a constant threat of annihilation, blame and hate. <\/p>\n

So yeah, I\u2019m protective\u2026 And that protective urge seems to have rubbed off on those I love. \u201cWhat should I pray for?\u201d is one of the questions my little sister asks often. And to be honest, up to a few weeks ago, I just didn\u2019t have a good answer to that question. Because really, what should she pray for? What should I pray for? In fact, what should anybody who stands with Israel pray for? For the peace of Jerusalem? For protection and safety for innocent lives on both sides? Yes of course. But not really the core issue is it? <\/p>\n

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