Jew, Arab & Christian School Peaceful in Israel

"I don't blame my Jewish friends for what happened in 1948, but I do feel that this was mine before," Areen says.

"I was born here and grew up here and I am a citizen. But every time I feel like I'm enjoying the country the other side of me feels as though I shouldn't because they took my grandparents' land and they killed people."

"I think both sides are stupid. Every time Hamas sends rockets to Sderot the Jews hate more Arabs, and every time the Jews bomb Gaza, the Arabs hate more Jews," he says with resignation.

I wonder who made the schools segregated; the Jews or the Arabs? Of course they can get along. Children are colorblind until they become indoctrinated with religious voodoo mumbo jumbo nonsense. Great post.

will the hate ever end . will peace ever prevail? will these two countries ever come to some kind of agreement and live in peace ? I wish to God that one day there will be peace on both side.!!!. Hope your feeling Better wptv. . Peace & love

Maybe we should let the children vote .They seem to be the most level headed out of all the people in Israel

Great post WPTV!

Kids have to be taught to hate, they have to be taught vengence.
If they were given a voice in world affairs, since they are obviously color/race/religion blind, the world would be a much better place.

This goes to show how old ways die with generations and the future isn't as bleak as we think. When more progressive and modern generations such as the current young adults get into power; things will change no matter what.

That's great, finally something positive. Old prejudices need to be erased by the next generation otherwise peace will never be acheived...

This is beautiful. Let us hope they remain this way without being poisoned by the hatred of those around them. This is how you achieve peace. You break the cycle of hate.

Thanks for a positive post WorldPeace, I was getting tired of the negative ones..

I agree that both sides are a bunch of ignorant morons. Hopefully these kids will grow up to bring about a new era of peace in the region.

EXACTLY:

-IN ISRAEL- Because everywhere else, Jews and Christians would be hunted down like pigs!

WPTV, congratulations, this is the first post from you that I fully support! I really enjoyed this actually. No biases and overall just a good tale of how people can coexist after thousands of years of people being raised to hate the "others."

@WorldPeaceTV -- congrats on making the featured spot on the homepage. I had to shorten your headline because it was getting cut off. Here's your original headline:

"Jew, Arab and Christian Children's school in Israel say they can live together in peace"

I hope this works for you!

Peace is in the young generation, I know it... it's going to get bad first though... then it will get better...

We need more of this type of learning. I know of a project almost ready to come out that puts several Israeli and Palestinian families together in a biosphere for a certain amount of time, a year or so. This has been done already in South America to a great degree of success.

If we learn about each other, we get to appreciate the different person on the 'other' side. We even learn more about ourselves.

i understand exactly what the kids feel. i grew up in such a school. it never ceases to baffle me that people wage wars over religion. there is a lot of truth when someone mentioned that the kids should vote. such schools should be promoted. understanding other religions makes a well rounded individual and in the end don't they all talk of peace! i wish people could stop being so fanatic about their religion, rights and wrongs of their ancestors, we have one life to live, lets not waste it on hate and violence. nice post worldpeacetv!!

Our world needs MANY more EDUCATIONAL institutions operating like this one. Without fostering peace at an early age, people become ingrained in their elders' teachings and lose sight of the humanity between us all. Children usher in a new generation of thought each decade, but if steered in a hateful direction will operate that way without realizing they hate themselves and others, not understanding the perpetual destructive force of their thoughts & actions. This school is beautiful and must be the flagship for further developments of peace in this region, and all others where hate divides populations!

Love will bind us all together, let the children show the way. Beautiful WPTV...

And if they didn't all suffer from ancient religious indoctrination in the first place, they wouldn't have such crazy things to fight about in the first place.

Then again, they would problem just end up fighting about even dumber shit instead.

If I were God, I would be extremely disappointed in the human condition in general.

we all want peace, regardless of age or culture, and children are the truth, free from the world's polutants, so if they want peace, peace is the truth....

This is a perfect example of how unpolluted the Israeli-Palestinian can be if either side's leaders take a page from the youth of their cultures. Clearly these young pupils see past the ugliness of racism and bias to take part in a monumental step towards a more understanding and peaceful resolution.

God willing we, in the American culture, will become more active in advocating an end of the violence in Israel. The problem is two sided and this is a wonderful article with an excellent solution.

Of course if this school was in an Arabic country it would only be boys, since they consider women unworthy of educating.

Nevertheless, this kind of interrelation between cultures is great. We have to start somewhere, at least this is a step in the right direction. Reality does suggest that, in fact, most Arab countries care not to educate their women. But look at who create political policy. If the men who do that have been brought up in a school in the company of another culture, then at least the chance of them being more tolerant will be better.

Good post, WPTV.