ministry of queueing at the check point

went to betlehem today.
there was a long queue there.

"everyday like this" a man said to us.
"they dont ask for papers from you,
you are foreigners, not enemies like us"

a soldier came out and saw us there lined up with others.
"come here" he said.

"no, we can wait" we insisted couple of times before he let us stay in the line.

after going through the man said:
"today I respect you, you teached the soldier a good lesson
about how we are the same"

I think standing in the line with those people has been one of my highlights so far.