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Artist's conception of the new Rami Levy mall in Jerusalem's Atarot neighborhood. (Courtesy Margolin Bros. Engineering & Consulting)
January 6, 2019, 4:44 pm
Rami Levy to open new Jerusalem mall Tuesday, serving Israelis and Palestinians
Supermarket mogul known for tapping into West Bank market says that despite security concerns, demand is high in project at Atarot
By TOI staff
Video issued by Egyptian Fatwa Institute encourages Muslims to greet Christians for holidays (screenshot)
December 26, 2018, 5:15 am
Egyptian cartoon urges Muslims to extend Christmas greetings
Video by country’s Fatwa Institute encourages interfaith dialogue and even an exchange of gifts in honor of Christian holiday, warns not to interact with Islamic fanatics
By TOI staff
SodaStream CEO Daniel Birnbaum (l) and PepsiCo’s CEO Ramon Laguarta at the SodaStream factory in Israel’s Negev Desert next to the city of Rahat on August 20, 2018. (Eliran Avital)
December 20, 2018, 6:55 pm
Israeli fizzy-water maker SodaStream to set up plant in Gaza, CEO says
Daniel Birnbaum tells business conference that creating jobs in the Palestinian enclave can pave the way to peace
By Shoshanna Solomon
Barkan industrial zone factory where a Palestinian worker killed two Israelis and injured a third, on October 7, 2018. (Zaka)
October 7, 2018, 10:35 pm
Settler leaders insist industrial zone shooting won’t sink isle of coexistence
While some right-wing activists respond to Barkan terror attack with calls to halt Palestinian employment at Israeli factories, most local leaders double down on its importance
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Israeli Jews and Palestinians talk to each other during a coexistence meeting in the West Bank, on July 22, 2015 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
September 14, 2018, 11:50 pm
US ends last of aid to Palestinian civilians, defunding coexistence programs
Democratic senator blasts halt to $10 million in assistance: ‘A sign that this White House has failed at diplomacy’
By TOI staff
Participants of the Teachers' Lounge coexistence project at a promenade overlooking Jerusalem. (Courtesy: Eyal Tagar)
September 2, 2018, 3:56 pm
Where ‘the other’ fears to tread: Teachers learn tolerance, so they can teach it
As schools resume, so does coexistence project for Jerusalem’s Jewish and Arab educators; changing their outlook affects thousands of pupils — but some, including EU, oppose it
By Michael Bachner
Campers at Camp Sunrise, August 9, 2018. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
August 26, 2018, 1:49 pm
At Jewish-Arab summer camp, children declare color war on cancer
Rather than offering a Make-a-Wish type of experience, staff at Sunrise seeks to give patients and their siblings opportunity to just be kids
By Jacob Magid and Video by Luke Tress
Tova Hartman
June 17, 2018, 3:19 pm
Tova Hartman
Arabs and Jews in dialogue for the future
Two objects cannot be in the same place at the same time, but we people can decide to make room for each other
People walk in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, May 16, 2018 on the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
June 7, 2018, 2:59 pm
Turkey Jewish community holds iftar dinner for Muslim neighbors
Some 1,100 people attend Ramadan holiday meal, which is cheered as example of coexistence
By JTA
In Kafr Qara, Amna Kanana, founder of Awareness 4U, explains how to prepare for Ramadan, June 2018. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)
June 6, 2018, 3:11 pm
In Ramadan tour of Kafr Qara, guide says it’s a bittersweet life for Arab women
Social activist Amna Kanana upholds conservative Muslim values and traditions — while pushing for women to have careers and status before marriage
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Sivan Rahav Meir
May 17, 2018, 2:11 pm
Sivan Rahav Meir
To Gaza youth: It wasn’t always like this
Your leaders have electricity and water in their mansions when they send you to die for their beliefs
Sarah Tuttle-Singer
May 9, 2018, 1:57 pm
Sarah Tuttle-Singer
Getting polyamorous with Jerusalem
I’m not the only one who loves this city, and she is able to love us all, but she won’t, unless we learn to share
Illustrative image of a firework. (pxel66//iStock by Getty Images)
April 18, 2018, 4:57 pm
Lod man arrested for shooting fireworks during Memorial Day moment of silence
City’s Arab and Jewish communities condemn act as attempt to sabotage coexistence; mayor says suspect a known provocateur
By TOI staff
Sarah Tuttle-Singer
April 16, 2018, 2:48 pm
Sarah Tuttle-Singer
Is Hatikva a racist song?
My daughter says we need a national anthem in Hebrew and Arabic that speaks to all who love this land
Adina Samuels
April 11, 2018, 1:16 pm
Adina Samuels
Harmony in the children’s ward
Where an hour of upbeat music means an hour of less pain in the world
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