It may look like a modest one-story school on the edge of an Israeli-Arab town of Kfar Kara, Yet despite its average appearance this is no regular elementary school. This is the Bridge Over The Wadi School, a joint Jewish and Arab school founded by a hard working, dedicated group of Jewish and Arab parents, who sought to promote peace and understanding in a region to often marred by conflict and violence.
Israel’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Danny Ayalon explains the historical facts relating to the issue of refugees in the Israeli Palestinian conflict. The video explains the reason there are still refugees after more than six decades is because of Arab leaders’ recalcitrance to accept their brethren and the United Nations which created a separate agency with unique principles and criteria. The video also highlights the issue of the Jewish refugees who were forced out of their homes in the Arab world, and were subsequently absorbed by the State of Israel.