Palestinians, Israelis co-exist in planned community
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In a rare scene of coexistence in Israel, Jewish and Palestinian children attend school together in Neve Shalom, or Wahat al-Salam — a community founded nearly 50 years ago to foster peace.
Here, students learn in both Hebrew and Arabic, and are taught not only math and history, but also about each other's identities.
For Roi Silberberg, a father and co-director of the "School for Peace," dialogue is more urgent than ever, following the Hamas terror attacks and the war in Gaza.
Yet tensions run deep. Community leaders like Samah Salaime warn of political threats to their educational autonomy, while former mayor Rayek Rizek calls for recognition and an apology for Palestinian displacement in 1948 as a starting point for reconciliation.
After the report, DW's Senior International Correspondent Fanny Facsar explains why people in Neve Shalom were reluctant to speak to her.