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Donna Rosenthal   Arabs & Jews Love, Hate Relationship People all around the world get the notion that Jews and Arabs in Israel hate each other and will act upon one another violently, however, this is not the case. The fact is that they don’t all despise each other and most Jews and Arabs have learned to live together peacefully. Donna Rosenthal in her book The Israelis , states in a quote “In Haifa, more than almost anywhere else in Israel, Jews and Arabs have a long history of mutual give and take”(Rosenthal, 252). Rosenthal’s book contains several stories from citizens’ first hand experiences in Israel. It can be observed that the minority understand, respect, and appreciate Jewish culture and customs.   Other cultures are known to assimilate into Jewish practices to a certain extent in order to achieve a peaceful living amongst each other. “dress no differently from their secular Jewish friends. In fact, they know more about the Jewish religion and customs than some
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Can the Ceasefire Happen? Only Time Will Tell Hamas Leader, Ismail Haniyah On April 2 nd 2019 the The Jerusalem Post put out an article  written by KHALED ABU TOAMEH,  TOVAH LAZAROFF,  YVETTE J. DEANE . The article explains the potential ceasefire on the Gaza strip between  Hamas  and Israel. Discussions are underway of a timeline for an attempt on a ceasefire. With Egypt being one of the three parties involved in these negotiations serving as the mediator relaying to Israel the list of demands from Hamas. Ismael Haniyeh is the head of  Hamas , which is the current government in charge of the Gaza Strip and has been since 2007. Haniyeh speaks to reporters in Gaza City has made  Hamas  demands public concerning Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons. The demands, he said, include prisoner exchange, removing signal-jamming devices installed by the Israel Prison Service to stop inmates from using smuggled cellular phones.  Hamas  is also demanding that the Israel Prison Service c