Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies
Israelis and Palestinians of all ages are posting photos of themselves with messages that project beauty, hope and despair.
The hash tag #JewsandArabsRefuseToBeEnemies was propelled by a photo taken by Arab-American journalist Sulome Anderson, kissing her Jewish boyfriend, Jeremy.
"When it comes down to it, we're people and we love each other and that's what matters most," she told ABC News.
"When we started dating we would argue a lot about politics and slowly but surely, we started coming to some consensus," Anderson said. "We still argue sometimes, but we're coming closer to understanding each other's perspectives."
It's a story that echoes the desire by some Palestinians and Israelis for a change in the narrative of the latest tragic chapter of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
There are photos of Jews and Palestinians kissing over the Israel-Gaza West Bank barrier, Orthodox Jewish men carrying Palestinian boys on their shoulder and children on both sides of the conflict uniting through friendship.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/jews-and-arabs-refuse-to-be-enemies-20140724-zw7q0.html#ixzz38NtNa4o9
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But it gives me the opportunity to post my 200th Pearl Jam clip since I've been at DU. This is more my style of anti-war/pro-peace music. I was going to post Eddie doing 'Imagine' from a show last week, but the quality's crap. So I'm going with this one, which has always been one of my favourites as long as Bob Dylan isn't doing it 
It's really good to know there's lots of people out there who aren't consumed with hate 
24 July 2014
Israeli society, and Jerusalem in particular, is currently living through days and nights of violence, racism and revenge. The fragile calm of the last few years is gone. Almost every evening, groups of extremists in the streets call for “death to Arabs” and “revenge.” Nevertheless, a handful of citizens try to calm passions, to talk and to explain that these actions are not a Jewish way to act. The words fall on too many deaf ears, while rockets continue to fall throughout the country, and Gazans are left without protection from attacks on their cities. Rabbi Nava Hefetz visits a meeting of the Bereaved Families Forum, and sees a glimmer of something different.
Rami Elhanan (right) and Bassam Aramin (left) taking part in a meeting for bereaved families. Photographed by Rabbi Nava Hefetz
http://rhr.org.il/eng/2014/07/two-bereaved-fathers-give-hope-for-the-jewish-and-palestinian-peoples/