An Act of Kindness

From the NYT, July 6th: A Palestinian doctor was on his way to Jerusalem for morning prayers when he came upon a car that had flipped over on its roof. There were many children inside, and clearly the father, Rabbi Michael Mark, was dead, after a Palestinian gunman had fired on the car. It did not matter to this man; he immediately came to the help of the family. His response was an act of kindness in a conflict that is often bereft of it, and the past nine months have been sometimes brutal. But there are always good people on both sides. What is unfortunate is that there have to be sides at all!