A group of Jews and Arabs in Israel has a ‘radical’ idea — protecting one another

[Guno צְבִי]

This is one of Israel’s “mixed cities,” where 37% of the population is Arab. Everyone in the group says the locals mostly get along, and the violence two years ago was the doing of far-right and extremist elements from other districts.

That strife showed that the “relationships between Arabs and Jews here were very fragile,” said Omar Siksik, an Arab community leader who used to run the area’s Arab-Hebrew Theater.

Though distressing, this led to “real dialogue and real friendship between Arabs and Jews,” said Siksik, a well-known figure who locals say is highly respected on both sides of the divide. It was the “first time we felt a very warm closeness, because each side expressed their own fears to the other one” and “we became very good friends, hosting each other” in our homes.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/group-jews-arabs-israel-radical-141004123.html

 

[Scott]

This is one of Israel’s “mixed cities,” where 37% of the population is Arab. Everyone in the group says the locals mostly get along, and the violence two years ago was the doing of far-right and extremist elements from other districts.

That strife showed that the “relationships between Arabs and Jews here were very fragile,” said Omar Siksik, an Arab community leader who used to run the area’s Arab-Hebrew Theater.

Though distressing, this led to “real dialogue and real friendship between Arabs and Jews,” said Siksik, a well-known figure who locals say is highly respected on both sides of the divide. It was the “first time we felt a very warm closeness, because each side expressed their own fears to the other one” and “we became very good friends, hosting each other” in our homes.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/group-jews-arabs-israel-radical-141004123.html

A very good story. I personally believe that the only way that the mass violence will end is with more of this. It's also the basis for the One State Solution of combining Palestine and Israel into a bi national state. Wikipedia has a page on it. Quoting from it:

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Though increasingly debated in academic circles, the one-state solution has remained outside the range of official efforts to resolve the conflict, where it is eclipsed by the two-state solution. According to a 2017 survey, support for a one-state solution stands at 36% among Palestinians, 19% among Israeli Jews and 56% among Israeli Arabs.[9] However, interest in a one-state solution is growing as the two-state approach has not managed to reach a final agreement.[10][11][12]
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Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-state_solution