If kids can make friends like this and can keep their friendships going into adulthood, there might be peace on this planet.
Peres Center kicks off 12th year of Twinned Soccer Schools Peace Program with 80 Israeli and Palestinian kids
After a difficult summer, during which many children in Israel and the Palestinian territories spent more time running for protection than running on a playing field, former president Shimon Peres kicked off his Twinned Peace Soccer Schools initiative on Monday on Kibbutz Dorot near the Gaza border.
More than 600 children from Israel and the Palestinian territories will take part throughout the year in the Twinned Peace Soccer Schools events, which use soccer as a tool to build friendships between Jews and Arabs. The program creates “twinned” relationships between Israeli and Palestinian cities. Sderot and the Sha’ar HaNegev Regional Council, both down south close to the border with Gaza, are twinned with the Palestinian town of Yatta, which is located in the West Bank south of Hebron.
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Running for soccer balls instead of from rockets The Times of Israel
Peres Center kicks off 12th year of Twinned Soccer Schools Peace Program with 80 Israeli and Palestinian kids
After a difficult summer, during which many children in Israel and the Palestinian territories spent more time running for protection than running on a playing field, former president Shimon Peres kicked off his Twinned Peace Soccer Schools initiative on Monday on Kibbutz Dorot near the Gaza border.
More than 600 children from Israel and the Palestinian territories will take part throughout the year in the Twinned Peace Soccer Schools events, which use soccer as a tool to build friendships between Jews and Arabs. The program creates “twinned” relationships between Israeli and Palestinian cities. Sderot and the Sha’ar HaNegev Regional Council, both down south close to the border with Gaza, are twinned with the Palestinian town of Yatta, which is located in the West Bank south of Hebron.
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Running for soccer balls instead of from rockets The Times of Israel
