Injaz is a grantee of the Social Venture Fund for Jewish Arab Equality and Shared Society, which is supported in part by the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ through the national network of Jewish federations.
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To avoid tensions with Muslim worshippers, Jews can visit the compound located in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem but are not allowed to pray there.
“The idea came to mind because of all we’re hearing on the news”, he explained. “But I wanted to show that everything here is not so bad”.
Tzafrir, a Jewish Israeli, is a latecomer to hummus – and a true believer in its powers.
Safeguarding this “two-state solution” – code words for creating a second Arab State in Mandatory Palestine in addition to Jordan – is a lost cause. “You don’t want to stab him”.
“If there’s anything that can bring together these peoples, it’s hummus”, he added.
The Jerusalem Post reports the draft was submitted by Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates on behalf of the Palestinian Authority. By Monday, less than a week since the post went up on October. 13, Arab and Jewish mixed tables have become a trend, including groups of cops as well as emergency responders.
But, in the current atmosphere in Israel, hummus restaurants have become a litmus test of race relations.
Since the upsurge in violence began at the beginning of the month, with numerous incidents taking place across Israel and the Palestinian territories, at least 47 Palestinians and one Arab Israeli have been killed, including alleged attackers, as opposed to eight Israelis.
Sites such as Quds News Network, which boasts 100,000 subscribers and a following of four million on its Facebook page, post gruesome films depicting Palestinians being killed – supposedly in cold blood, and without reason – by Israeli “settlers” and security forces.
“I made a decision to write my own post, to try the other direction, to write a post that talks more about mutual respect”.
Tel Aviv resident Nira Shiran, who stopped in for takeout, told us the discount is “wonderful”.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry said it was working with friendly countries and UNESCO officials to defeat the proposal. ‘Another one we like is These Are Your Men, ‘ she says. ‘It is also about our fearless Palestinian boys resisting the Israelis’.
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Avi Issacharoff explains that, “For many years, non-Muslims have been permitted to visit the Temple Mount during certain hours, in particular during the morning and for one hour during the afternoon”. Tabri says he’s keeping his three children home these days because he fears for their safety. I also think equating killings with “occupation” and “apartheid” suggests that while you think murder is wrong, you don’t necessarily consider the recent wanton stabbings of Israelis as murder, rather more a stand against “occupation” and “apartheid”.
