In a visit to a place forbidden to Jews, we found the Palestinian 'Garden of Hope'

Rabbi Benny Lau embarks on a final journey in the West Bank, visiting the village of Kharas, which is off-limits to Jews. He meets Issa, a Palestinian paralyzed by an IDF bullet who established the 'Garden of Hope', and grapples with the tension between Jewish and Palestinian presence at the Tomb of Joshua bin Nun and the altar on Mount Ebal.

Rabbi Benny Lau sets out on the final journey of his series 'In the Lawless Land' and visits the village of Kharas in the West Bank, a place forbidden to Jews. The journey focuses on the Tomb of Joshua bin Nun, located in the heart of the village, and a meeting with Issa, a Palestinian paralyzed in his lower limbs by an IDF bullet, who established the 'Garden of Hope' in his backyard—a center for hosting workshops and promoting peace. Issa speaks about the deterioration of reality but the hope that remains, and recounts the burning of the mosque in the nearby village of Kifl Haris and the uprooting of hundreds of olive trees. Lau describes the tension between the Arab 'close' and the Hebrew 'close', and quotes Elisha Yered, a leader of the Hilltop Youth, who praises the late Binyahu Malet for his struggle against Palestinian takeover of the area. The journey ends with a prayer for peace and a call for Israeli and Palestinian leadership to strive for true peace.