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Demonstrating for calm and coexistence at the Oranim junction in south Jerusalem, May 13, 2021. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
May 14, 2021, 1:45 am
Jews and Arabs start to push back against violence, rallying nationwide
Shocked by series of arson and mob attacks in Jewish-Arab cities and beyond over recent days, Israelis demonstrate for calm
By Sue Surkes
First grade students arrive to their first day of school at Jerusalem's Tali Geulim school on September 1, 2020 (Courtesy Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash 90)
September 4, 2020, 4:26 pm
With capsules, masks and no guarantees, schools give lesson in acting on the fly
It’s a year of more informal education in the Israeli school system, with classes taught by teachers and tour guides at museums, parks and community centers
By Jessica Steinberg
Bridge Over The Valley school, Kafr Qara, Israel, on February 4, 2019. (Nathan Jeffay/Times of Israel)
February 6, 2020, 8:06 pm
At Israeli Jewish-Arab school, parents say Trump plan would ruin their peace
If the Bridge Over The Valley school and the rest of Israel’s Triangle region ends up in Palestine, one Jewish mom says she’d still send her kids; other residents far less sanguine
By Nathan Jeffay
In this December 15, 2018 photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg appears at an event organized by the Museum of the City of New York with WNET-TV held at the New York Academy of Medicine in New York. (AP Photo/Rebecca Gibian)
June 28, 2019, 9:25 pm
Bader Ginsburg gives $9,000 to Israeli schools promoting Jewish-Arab coexistence
US Supreme Court Justice will give part of prize money to Hand in Hand education network after winning Gilel Storch Award from Jewish Culture in Sweden organization
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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
Illustrative: Students learning in an Israeli Hand in Hand school, where the curriculum is both in Hebrew and Arabic. (Courtesy: Debbie Hill)
June 20, 2016, 10:46 pm
As demand swells, Jewish-Arab school network seeks donors
Bilingual Hand in Hand education system reaches out to public to help fund extra places and shorten waiting list
By Dov Lieber
March 7, 2016, 3:10 pm
Why I met with Pope Francis
A trip to the Vatican to advance a vision of Israel in which Jews and Arabs coexist in mutual respect and shared goals
US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power gives a speech at the Israel Middle East Model UN Conference in Even Yehuda, February 15, 2016. (AFP/Jack Guez)
February 15, 2016, 9:58 pm
US envoy to UN skewers world body for anti-Israel bias
Visiting Israel, Samantha Power says US will continue to pursue two-state solution even if situation not currently conducive
By Joshua Davidovich and Marissa Newman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office, Jerusalem, January 10, 2016. (Alex Kolomoisky/POOL)
January 11, 2016, 5:16 pm
As no foul play declared in B’Tselem blaze, Netanyahu mocks accusers
Investigators conclude fire at right group offices was caused by electrical short and not arson; PM: ‘Maybe they’ll still blame me’
By ToI Staff
Firefighting teams work to put out a fire at the building where the offices of the human rights NGO B'Tselem are located, in Jerusalem on January 10, 2016. Police were investigating whether it was arson. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 11, 2016, 11:29 am
Blaze at B’Tselem offices was caused by electrical fault
Arson not to blame for fire; rights group’s director asserts ‘incitement’ is still a danger
By Sue Surkes
Workers clean off the Graffiti at the Jewish-Arab bilingual school in Jerusalem stating 'death to Arabs' and 'Kahana was right,' Feb 7, 2012 (photo credit: Flash90)
August 9, 2015, 2:35 pm
Arab-Jewish school daubed with cyber-graffiti on Waze
User writes wish that ‘its name be blotted out’ next to institution’s location; Google-owned app erases threat
By ToI Staff
Suspected arsonists set fire to a bilingual Jewish-Arabic school in Jerusalem on November 29, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 7, 2014, 9:18 pm
Suspects arrested in bilingual school torching
Accused barred from speaking with lawyers eight days after arson and tagging of Jerusalem school with anti-Arab graffiti
By ToI Staff
Supporters of Jerusalem's Hand in Hand School gathered Friday morning, December 5, 2014, at the city's Train Track Park (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
December 5, 2014, 6:49 pm
Thousands march for coexistence after Jewish-Arab school arson
Following attack on Hand in Hand bilingual school in Jerusalem, rally-goers say hatred has crossed red lines
By Jessica Steinberg
The corner of Strauss and King George (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)
December 1, 2014, 3:23 pm
Arab cab driver pepper-sprayed in Jerusalem attack
Police searching for Jewish assaulter; Jerusalem bilingual school attacked for second time in week; man struck by car in hit-and-run at Alon Junction in West Bank
By Lazar Berman
Illustrative: Young leaders attend the graduation ceremony of a training program conducted by the Abraham Fund Initiatives (photo credit: courtesy/Abraham Fund Initiatives)
December 1, 2014, 7:56 am
Can Israeli civil society heal the Arab-Jewish rift?
In a country of widening divides and inflammatory government moves, coexistence initiatives are gaining traction, NGO directors say
By Elhanan Miller
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