By Nate Feldman
An article in the online English language version of Yedioth Ahronoth, one of Israel's leading newspapers, highlighted a group of Palestinian and Israeli children who took time to greet one another for their holidays (See Jerusalem Jewish, Muslim school kids join in holiday cheer by Haim Goldich). It is currently the holy month of Ramadan for Muslims, and the Jewish holiday of Passover begins next week.
The article said that children from the Palestinian town of Beit Safafa made a video wishing Jews a happy Passover, and in return Jewish children from the Hebrew Gymnasium School made a video wishing the Arab students Ramadan Kareem. The idea was initiated by the Beit Safafa basketball team, which is managed by both an Israeli and Palestinian, in order to calm the heightened tensions in the region.
This is in light of recent violence in the Middle East which has seen attacks against people in several Israeli towns.
