Enemy soldiers gather - to strive for peace
Shunned by their respective governments, former Israeli and Palestinian fighters
have been meeting in secret, seeking common ground.
By Amelia Thomas
By Amelia Thomas
Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
ARRAM, WEST BANK – The stark white room buzzes with Arabic and Hebrew conversation as a group of about 50 men jovially shake hands and arrange themselves in seats around its perimeter. The men range in age from 20 to 60. Some wear suits and polished shoes; others are dressed casually in sweat pants and T-shirts.
They have one thing in common: All are former combatants who struggled to defend their state - but half of them are former Israeli soldiers or pilots, while the other half are former Palestinian "freedom fighters," many of whom served time in Israeli jails.
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They have one thing in common: All are former combatants who struggled to defend their state - but half of them are former Israeli soldiers or pilots, while the other half are former Palestinian "freedom fighters," many of whom served time in Israeli jails.
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