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Byron: This is Israel.

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It's a great park.

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And this is Israel.

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This is an incredible view.

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This is a very, very holy place
for three different religions.

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This also... We have lift-off!

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...is Israel.

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So we try to have as many guests

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as our table can have.

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It's a pretty big table.

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Byron: It's a region of great
complexity and diversity,

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and it's a place where people
from all walks of life work

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every day to live together.

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I'm Kari Byron.

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This stuff excites me.

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I travel around the world
seeking out stories

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of inspiring people
who are working on solutions

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to some of the biggest
questions of our time.

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Israel has always been
at the heart of world history.

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Located in the fertile Crescent,

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where early civilization
and agricultural communities

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are believed to have begun.

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A crossroads for ancient trade
routes and emerging cultures.

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Holy land to several
major religions of the world.

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Israel is a complicated place.

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People of diverse backgrounds,
opinions, traditions,

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and languages all live
right next to each other.

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While the region
has struggled with peace,

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Israel is, more importantly,
a place that yearns for it.

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With so many challenges
to peace,

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how do we live
together peacefully?

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It's a big question,
and there are no easy answers.

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There are many ways
change can happen,

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big and small,
whether it's moments

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that make the news or everyday
acts that go unnoticed.

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Nice.

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Noam Revkin-Fenton was just 15
when he had an idea

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for bringing together
young people

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in one of the oldest cities
in the world, Jerusalem.

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Revkin-Fenton: Me and a couple
of friends decided to start

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a campaign to get
the municipality

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to build a skate park.

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You had this built?
You got this built?

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Yeah. I am so impressed.

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As a place for everyone
to come and skate,

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guys, girls,
anyone from any religion.

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That's what
skateboarding is about.

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Noam is a photojournalist.

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[ Camera shutter clicking ]

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The inspiration for the park
came from growing up

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taking pictures
around Jerusalem's old city,

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where earlier in the day,
I joined Noam on assignment.

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I think since the first
moment I got a camera,

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this was the first place I came.

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It's just super interesting,

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all kinds of different people.

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And it's such
an interesting place

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because there's so many cultures
converging on one spot.

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You have everything here,
and it's just crunched

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in the middle of small alleys.

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The old city of Jerusalem takes
up less than a square mile.

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38,000 people live within
the centuries old walls.

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This is an incredible view,

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and you can actually see
all of the holy sites.

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This is a very, very holy place

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for three different religions.

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The western wall
is all that remains

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of the ancient
Jewish temples of Jerusalem.

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Many Jewish people
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is the holiest place on earth.

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So they pray and leave
written prayers in the wall.

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I got some of these guys
that are here.

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Oh, that's so good.

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And just praying on the wall.

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Lean their heads
right on the wall.

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I would frame that.

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The site is also holy
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About a thousand feet
from the western wall

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sits the dome of the rock.

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It's the oldest surviving
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built around 691.

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Oh, see, this is a
photographer's eye right there.

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You've got the dome of the rock.
You've got the man walking.

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That's perfect.

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Okay, I'm taking lessons.

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[ Both laugh ]

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A 10 minute walk
from the dome of the rock...

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Wow.

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...is one of the most
holy places for Christians,

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the church
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So the Christians
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was crucified here
and his body was washed here,

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and he was actually buried here.

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We got this amazing
chance to go inside

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and see Christ's tomb.

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We can actually go inside?

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Yeah, and that's where they say
he came back to life.

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Wow.

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Many people only see
the divisions in the old city,

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and this is what's
often shown in the news.

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But through his camera lens,

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Noam focuses our attention
on something else entirely.

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And I look for,
like, interactions

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of the different cultures
that connect.

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Jews, Muslims, Christians.

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Orthodox Jewish men
in tall black hats

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crossing in front
of the Islamic dome of the rock.

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Christian priests in robes

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for an Arab man and woman,
heads covered,

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sharing an alley with
an orthodox Jewish man.

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It's really interesting
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to find those moments
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and you see and meet people
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to create peace here.

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One program designed to create
peace is called kids for peace.

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They're working to overcome
one of the biggest

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stumbling blocks to coexistence.

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There's a huge language barrier
between the Jewish kids

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that often don't speak Arabic
and the Palestinian kids

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that often don't speak Hebrew.

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And so there's often
not many places for them

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to meet each other.

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Most people go to schools
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one or the other religion.

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So coming together at
kids for peace on a weekly basis

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where they can do things
together is really important.

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Byron: Creating a peaceful place
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regardless of what language
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was also essential to Noam.

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Revkin-Fenton:
This is my holy site.

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I can't believe this is right
in the middle of Jerusalem.

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Yeah, less than a mile away
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It's a great park.

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Revkin-Fenton:
He'll speak to us in Arabic,

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and I'll communicate
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and I'll translate it to you.
Okay.

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Interpreter: Who skates here?
What's your community like?

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They're friends from
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Jews, Muslims, Christians.

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Our brotherhood.

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Brothers here.

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Yeah. What about sisters?

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And sisters. And sisters.

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Young woman:
You can see Latinos, Russians,

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orthodox, Arabs, Muslims
everywhere.

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You don't even care anymore.

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The only thing you care
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And that's what I like.

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Byron: What I like best
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is it is really the perfect
example of community,

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because at the gates,
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the religion behind.

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Here, anybody can show up.

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Though I do see a little bit of
praying on some of these jumps.

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Revkin-Fenton:
We need to show the world

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that we're not just fighting
with each other all day long

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over who rules this land.

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Yeah, man.

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Aah!

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When people learn from their
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this is the perfect solution
for a project like this.

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We have liftoff.

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That is a successful quadcopter.

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Byron: When people live
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but speak different languages
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how do we create Harmony?

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You have to learn
exactly what the other wants.

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What are the backgrounds
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what they don't like.

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It's just paying attention

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to the little details
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But sometimes we just ignore it

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and we're just missing
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Living together in peace.

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Byron: Learning from others
with different backgrounds

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is exactly what these
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in northern Israel.

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Some are Jewish, some are
Muslim, and some are Christian.

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And there's one thing bringing
them together... technology.

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I'm in Majd al-Krum.

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It's a predominantly
Arab Muslim village.

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Now, I'm here to visit
Moona, a space for change.

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And from everything I've heard
about this place,

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I'm super excited to see
what they're up to.

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About 100 students
come from different villages

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to Moona's technology lab
after school and on weekends.

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Aah!

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They learn about robotics...

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Robot hug.

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...computer programing,

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engineering, science, and math.

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Today we're going to be
building quadcopters, okay?

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We're going to build
two quadcopters in two teams.

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Byron: Students work together

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to build quadcopters
for a national competition.

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We're going to build our
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from wood, and from paper.

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Byron: Today, they have two
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One team uses a kit,

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the other builds with
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There we go. Cups.
Well, what are they for these?

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Sabea: The legs.

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- These wood parts are for?
- For the body.

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- These are for? Same thing?
- The same thing, yeah.

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I brought some decorations,
if you want.

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I made these hands.
I got some creepy eyes for you.

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Ali: Okay, nice. I like this.

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Achmed is our handyman.

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What's your background?
Where do you come from?

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Sabea: I'm from Majd al-Krum.

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So you're from here.

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So you come from
a Muslim background.

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Yeah.

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And you come from
a Jewish background?

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Not Jewish.
Jewish are these people.

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So we have four different
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Four different backgrounds here.

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And you all... do you guys
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outside of this project?

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Extremely.

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Byron: Rema and Achmed
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for other students here.

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When people learn from their
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I believe this is
the perfect solution

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for a project like this.

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So I think this is amazing
for us

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to meet more people,
because in the real world,

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after you stop being
a child here and you grow up,

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you're going to meet
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you're going to meet Muslim,

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all different kinds
of backgrounds.

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So it's a plus if you already
know what that culture is about

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and how to talk to
different people,

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you know, open your heart
to the different backgrounds.

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Byron: Working together
can be tough

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when there are three
different languages involved...

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Arabic...

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...English...

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Make sure it's symmetrical.

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...and Hebrew.

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I didn't speak Hebrew that well,
but now I speak it much better.

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You learned to practice Hebrew
through this platform here?

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Ali: People from extremely
different backgrounds

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who've never met,
they also have problems.

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No matter.

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Where, you know,
each individual,

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one having difficulties
with the other.

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But, you know, they come
across these difficulties,

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and then they learn
how to solve them.

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We've got 40 minutes,
guys, okay?

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♪♪

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Sabea: We're finished.

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Both quadcopters are finished,

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but everyone's eager to see
if the one made from

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recycled materials can fly.

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Oh, yeah.

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We have liftoff.

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That is a successful quadcopter.

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♪♪

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They're learning to fly together
in more ways than one.

273
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Grown-ups screwed up.

274
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I think they did
not do very well.

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They left this community
with a lot of flaws,

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and it's our turn to fix it.

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We apparently eat the same food
and we live the same life

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and we drive the same car.

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There's nothing
different about us,

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just that huge stereotype
of not coexisting peacefully

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because we come from
different backgrounds.

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It's all a myth, apparently,

283
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because we did
very well connecting.

284
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We'll do the change for sure.

285
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Nice job, guys. Very good.

286
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I don't want to get over
cultural differences.

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I want to embrace
cultural differences.

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And food is one way to do that.

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Heaven.

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♪♪

291
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Byron: No matter what religion
you are or what language you speak,

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there's one thing in Israel
that most everyone here

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can agree on...

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The joys
of the mighty sesame seed.

295
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Whoa. Yes, good. Yes, delicious.

296
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♪♪

297
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- Hello.
- Oh, it smells amazing in here!

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Byron: I'm meeting with
Palestinian chef Kamel Hashlamon

299
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at his shop
just outside Jerusalem.

300
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One could say
he's a sesame seed expert.

301
00:14:06,580 --> 00:14:09,292
Oh, this is the stone that
I'm producing with it tahini.

302
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I've never seen
this made before.

303
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♪♪

304
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He uses this massive stone
to crush sesame seeds

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and turn them into a prized
paste called tahini.

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Tahini have a rich flavor
of the sesame.

307
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Mmm.

308
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It's creamy. Yeah.

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Peanut butter.

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There's only sesame inside.

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Tahini has a nutty flavor and
a peanut butter-like texture.

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It's used throughout Israel
and surrounding countries

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to make
some of the tastiest dishes

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of middle eastern cuisine.

315
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Chefs of all faiths
and backgrounds

316
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covet Kamel's tahini.

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♪♪

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This is the machine

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that we toast the sesame
with it.

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Here you can have some of it
in your hands.

321
00:14:49,723 --> 00:14:50,967
Ooh, it's warm.

322
00:14:50,991 --> 00:14:54,370
I know that they are ready
by that I hear them.

323
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You see, you can feel
the small crunch, hear it.

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Tells you that they are ready

325
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and that they are happy
to be tahini.

326
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Tahini time! [ Laughs ]

327
00:15:01,268 --> 00:15:05,848
Tahini is versatile and can
even be eaten as a confection.

328
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Halva, it's made
from the tahini.

329
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The Arabic name of the halva,
it means the sweet.

330
00:15:09,809 --> 00:15:11,187
- Halva's the sweets.
- Yes.

331
00:15:11,211 --> 00:15:12,755
This is the Rose. [ Gasps ]

332
00:15:12,779 --> 00:15:15,391
I will cut for you
a little bit to taste it.

333
00:15:15,415 --> 00:15:17,493
I love eating flowers.
I don't know.

334
00:15:17,517 --> 00:15:18,961
Maybe it's the girliness in me.

335
00:15:18,985 --> 00:15:21,697
I love to eat flowers. Roses.

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♪♪

337
00:15:25,425 --> 00:15:27,536
Mm! It melts in your mouth.

338
00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:29,272
That is so good.

339
00:15:29,296 --> 00:15:32,341
I mean, it's amazing that
that one tiny little seed

340
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has so many
different manifestations.

341
00:15:34,434 --> 00:15:36,112
It has so many.

342
00:15:36,136 --> 00:15:38,814
We'll take the tahini
for us for the dinner.

343
00:15:38,838 --> 00:15:40,316
Ready to go? Yeah. I'm ready.

344
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♪♪

345
00:15:43,510 --> 00:15:46,756
Byron: One of the best ways to
bring people together is over food,

346
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and Israel has
one of the richest

347
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and most incredible food scenes
anywhere on earth.

348
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I've been invited
to a friend's farm

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for a special dinner
called shabbat.

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Here's our dough.

351
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Israeli chef Hedai Offaim

352
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hosts shabbat
every Friday night.

353
00:16:01,394 --> 00:16:02,805
I do a very simple challah...

354
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Just three pieces,

355
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and we make bread.

356
00:16:05,999 --> 00:16:09,478
Chef Hedai makes challah,
a traditional Jewish bread

357
00:16:09,502 --> 00:16:11,747
essential to every shabbat meal.

358
00:16:11,771 --> 00:16:14,050
You going to do the next one?
Yep.

359
00:16:14,074 --> 00:16:17,420
Shabbat dinner is a
2,000-year-old Jewish tradition

360
00:16:17,444 --> 00:16:19,889
that marks the beginning
of the day of rest.

361
00:16:19,913 --> 00:16:21,390
I think the best present

362
00:16:21,414 --> 00:16:23,559
I got from the Jewish
people is shabbat.

363
00:16:23,583 --> 00:16:25,528
Byron: It begins
at sunset on Friday

364
00:16:25,552 --> 00:16:27,863
and ends at sunset on Saturday.

365
00:16:27,887 --> 00:16:31,701
We try and bring to the table
the best meal of the week,

366
00:16:31,725 --> 00:16:34,403
because when you make something
to your children

367
00:16:34,427 --> 00:16:36,639
and to your family
on a Friday night,

368
00:16:36,663 --> 00:16:38,174
they know you made it for them.

369
00:16:38,198 --> 00:16:40,676
So you connect through food.
Definitely.

370
00:16:40,700 --> 00:16:42,278
Well, I connect
everything through food.

371
00:16:42,302 --> 00:16:45,915
♪♪

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We love to have guests
from different backgrounds

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that are not Jewish.

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We love to share this experience

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00:16:50,643 --> 00:16:52,254
with our closest neighbors...

376
00:16:52,278 --> 00:16:53,289
[ Chopping ] [ Laughing ]

377
00:16:53,313 --> 00:16:54,423
...Palestinians.

378
00:16:54,447 --> 00:16:56,058
Okay, we're going to half this,

379
00:16:56,082 --> 00:16:57,226
scoop out the flesh,

380
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and then he's
going to add tahini.

381
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Byron: Chef Kamel's tahini
makes it into several of the dishes...

382
00:17:02,922 --> 00:17:04,867
The baba ghanoush? Yes.

383
00:17:04,891 --> 00:17:07,370
...including this
roasted eggplant dish

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00:17:07,394 --> 00:17:09,839
called baba ghanoush.

385
00:17:09,863 --> 00:17:12,174
Beautiful!

386
00:17:12,198 --> 00:17:13,843
Oh!

387
00:17:13,867 --> 00:17:15,811
[ Sniffs ]

388
00:17:15,835 --> 00:17:17,146
Ah! [ Chuckling ]

389
00:17:17,170 --> 00:17:18,748
I'm excited!

390
00:17:18,772 --> 00:17:22,151
Hedai: So we try to have
as many guests

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as our table can have.

392
00:17:24,210 --> 00:17:25,588
Byron: It's pretty big table.

393
00:17:25,612 --> 00:17:27,445
[ Excited chatter ]

394
00:17:29,982 --> 00:17:34,130
Photojournalist Noam joins
Achmed and Rema from Moona.

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00:17:34,154 --> 00:17:41,003
[ Singing in Hebrew ]

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00:17:41,027 --> 00:17:43,172
Byron: A blessing
is said over the bread.

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00:17:43,196 --> 00:17:46,208
[ Concludes in Hebrew ]

398
00:17:46,232 --> 00:17:47,443
And then it's broken
and passed around

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00:17:47,467 --> 00:17:50,913
so everyone can share
in the blessing.

400
00:17:50,937 --> 00:17:53,071
So it's a prayer and then...

401
00:17:54,173 --> 00:17:55,851
Then eat. Okay. [ Laughs ]

402
00:17:55,875 --> 00:17:57,653
[ Chatter ]
I want to try it all.

403
00:17:57,677 --> 00:17:59,488
You should try that. [ Laughs ]

404
00:17:59,512 --> 00:18:01,490
It's got the fancy tahini in it.

405
00:18:01,514 --> 00:18:03,826
So do you feel like
breaking bread together

406
00:18:03,850 --> 00:18:06,896
is a way to get past
cultural differences, or...

407
00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:09,031
Hedai: I don't want to get over
cultural differences.

408
00:18:09,055 --> 00:18:10,900
I want to embrace
cultural differences.

409
00:18:10,924 --> 00:18:13,202
And food is one way to do that
because we can bring

410
00:18:13,226 --> 00:18:15,371
all the cultural
differences to the table.

411
00:18:15,395 --> 00:18:17,306
Food taste better on shabbat.

412
00:18:17,330 --> 00:18:20,309
Spending time together
is more meaningful on shabbat.

413
00:18:20,333 --> 00:18:22,478
We're supposed to speak
in English now?

414
00:18:22,502 --> 00:18:23,701
I speak English, yeah.

415
00:18:25,871 --> 00:18:27,583
No? Only English? Just...

416
00:18:27,607 --> 00:18:28,818
I know, right?

417
00:18:28,842 --> 00:18:31,387
But I do speak food
and this is delicious.

418
00:18:31,411 --> 00:18:33,444
That's more important
than the language.

419
00:18:36,682 --> 00:18:38,427
Byron: I mean, I sat down
with people

420
00:18:38,451 --> 00:18:41,097
from so many different
backgrounds and experiences...

421
00:18:41,121 --> 00:18:42,598
Hey! [ Laughs ]

422
00:18:42,622 --> 00:18:45,634
...and we were all laughing,
smiling, and sharing a meal.

423
00:18:45,658 --> 00:18:47,803
So it's very tasty.
[ Chuckling ]

424
00:18:47,827 --> 00:18:49,894
It's so good. It's delicious.

425
00:18:50,929 --> 00:18:52,575
♪♪

426
00:18:52,599 --> 00:18:54,043
Everyone needs to think
about peace

427
00:18:54,067 --> 00:18:56,712
and the different ways
of getting there.

428
00:18:56,736 --> 00:18:59,248
Surfing is a really nice
way to get there.

429
00:18:59,272 --> 00:19:01,205
♪♪

430
00:19:02,808 --> 00:19:04,086
♪♪

431
00:19:04,110 --> 00:19:05,588
Peace, bro.

432
00:19:05,612 --> 00:19:08,124
Byron: In Israel, building
connections with people

433
00:19:08,148 --> 00:19:09,592
who have different
backgrounds...

434
00:19:09,616 --> 00:19:12,361
♪♪

435
00:19:12,385 --> 00:19:15,231
...can sometimes happen
in unexpected places.

436
00:19:15,255 --> 00:19:17,633
There's a famous saying, "only
a surfer knows the feeling,"

437
00:19:17,657 --> 00:19:21,003
and once you see a surfer,
you identify that common passion

438
00:19:21,027 --> 00:19:22,538
and you see it in his eyes.

439
00:19:22,562 --> 00:19:25,441
There's a stronger bond
between surfers.

440
00:19:25,465 --> 00:19:27,176
I've traveled up the coast
to a small

441
00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:30,179
Arab fishing village
called Jisr az-Zarqa.

442
00:19:30,203 --> 00:19:34,850
♪♪

443
00:19:34,874 --> 00:19:36,719
We started this with a few
beat up boards, you know,

444
00:19:36,743 --> 00:19:39,455
a few years ago and it turned
into a thing of its own.

445
00:19:39,479 --> 00:19:41,857
Israeli surfer Arthur Rashkovan

446
00:19:41,881 --> 00:19:44,059
founded surfing for peace
to bring Jewish,

447
00:19:44,083 --> 00:19:45,694
Muslim, and Christian youth
together.

448
00:19:45,718 --> 00:19:47,296
[ Laughter and chatter ]

449
00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:50,332
The mission is to share
this common passion

450
00:19:50,356 --> 00:19:54,036
and overcome those bigger
political differences.

451
00:19:54,060 --> 00:19:56,839
♪♪

452
00:19:56,863 --> 00:19:58,674
This is the boss, Mohammad.
Hello, boss.

453
00:19:58,698 --> 00:20:00,543
- How are you?
- Nice to meet you.

454
00:20:00,567 --> 00:20:03,145
Byron: Mohammad is a mentor
and teaches the next generation

455
00:20:03,169 --> 00:20:04,780
with donated surfboards.

456
00:20:04,804 --> 00:20:08,984
♪♪

457
00:20:09,008 --> 00:20:11,787
You got quite a crew here. Yeah.

458
00:20:11,811 --> 00:20:13,055
Translator:
I get to teach children

459
00:20:13,079 --> 00:20:15,758
who can't afford a board
or surfing courses.

460
00:20:15,782 --> 00:20:19,295
You only see trouble and chaos.
This is the solution.

461
00:20:19,319 --> 00:20:21,197
We shouldn't focus
on our problems all the time.

462
00:20:21,221 --> 00:20:23,165
We should feel we are together.

463
00:20:23,189 --> 00:20:26,569
Everyone needs to think
about it, like about peace

464
00:20:26,593 --> 00:20:30,206
and about the different ways
of getting there.

465
00:20:30,230 --> 00:20:35,177
And surfing is like
a really nice way to get there.

466
00:20:35,201 --> 00:20:36,779
Byron: So you've made
a lot of friends

467
00:20:36,803 --> 00:20:39,682
that you maybe
wouldn't have had access to.

468
00:20:39,706 --> 00:20:41,684
Yeah, I never had access to.

469
00:20:41,708 --> 00:20:43,307
Like, no way.

470
00:20:49,081 --> 00:20:50,960
And surfing for peace
connects them.

471
00:20:50,984 --> 00:20:58,534
♪♪

472
00:20:58,558 --> 00:21:00,402
The people I've met here
have shown me

473
00:21:00,426 --> 00:21:02,938
that this place
has a complex history

474
00:21:02,962 --> 00:21:06,342
with many contrasting threads
of religion and culture.

475
00:21:06,366 --> 00:21:08,310
For them, building Bridges

476
00:21:08,334 --> 00:21:10,746
starts with simple
everyday actions.

477
00:21:10,770 --> 00:21:13,582
♪♪

478
00:21:13,606 --> 00:21:16,685
What I like to tell people is
once you walk through that gate,

479
00:21:16,709 --> 00:21:19,054
it doesn't matter who you are
or what you do.

480
00:21:19,078 --> 00:21:22,424
As long as you have
a skateboard, you're part of us.

481
00:21:22,448 --> 00:21:23,993
You know, languages
are hard sometimes.

482
00:21:24,017 --> 00:21:26,061
To work together is
also hard sometimes.

483
00:21:26,085 --> 00:21:28,797
And imagine building
together in different languages.

484
00:21:28,821 --> 00:21:30,266
It was very hard
for them at first,

485
00:21:30,290 --> 00:21:35,004
but then now they create
amazing projects together.

486
00:21:35,028 --> 00:21:37,373
Hedai: Everybody and everyone
is accepted.

487
00:21:37,397 --> 00:21:39,108
Sitting around the table,
as you know,

488
00:21:39,132 --> 00:21:41,110
is the best way
to resolve anything.

489
00:21:41,134 --> 00:21:42,511
[ Indistinct conversation ]

490
00:21:42,535 --> 00:21:44,813
Byron: Israel may be
a complicated place,

491
00:21:44,837 --> 00:21:47,816
but the people living,
working, and playing here

492
00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:49,084
might just be able to teach us

493
00:21:49,108 --> 00:21:52,321
a little something about
living together peacefully.

494
00:21:52,345 --> 00:21:54,423
This is my home.
Thank you letting me

495
00:21:54,447 --> 00:21:55,758
share your home. You're welcome.

496
00:21:55,782 --> 00:21:59,483
♪♪