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The Link ArchivesTitle: On the Jericho Road About This Issue James M. Wall edited the influential Christian Century magazine from 1972 through 1999 and currently serves as its Senior Contributing Editor. Jim is a politician, active in Democratic party politics, having served as Illinois state chairman in Jimmy Carter’s 1976 and 1980 presidential campaigns and Illinois state manager of Paul Simon’s 1984 primary campaign for the U.S. Senate. In 1988, he assembled the Illinois delegate slate for Al Gore’s presidential bid, and, presently, he is an elected Gore delegate to the 2000 convention. He is also an ordained United Methodist minister. And — a line of work he draws upon for this article — he is a film critic. In 1973, upon assuming the editorship of Christian Century, Jim received an invitation from the American Jewish Committee to take an all-expenses paid trip to Israel. He began his journey a solid, pro-Israel supporter, a position his AJC host had hoped to reinforce. But, then—in a twist of fate not planned by his host—he met LeRoy Friesen, a Mennonite, who convinced him to spend a day with him in the Israeli-occupied, Palestinian West Bank. Now, 23 years later, the editor-politician-minister looks back upon an event that happened that day as a turning point in his understanding of Palestinians and their history.—John F. Mahoney, Executive Director, September 2000 Contents
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