While this was certainly good, it is not news at all. Regular citizens from both sides have always helped each other out and have tried to stop the violence through acts of normalcy (to show how ridiculous all the extremism is).
Also last week (or the week before) a number of non governmental leaders from both sides got together and worked out concession plans designed to acheive a lasting peace. Colin Powell publicly cheered this event. The Israeli gov't was quick to shoot it down.
The problem is simply that extremist organizations run the show. And while extremists in Palestine rule from the gutter, zionist extremists rule from the top of the Israeli gov't. That pretty well puts a stopper in any hopes. Anytime a grassroots movement makes headway. the Israel government ends it.
Take a look at the other news item in your newspaper titled "Israel removes UN child draft" and more importantly "Israel ready to cede land for peace". Ironically that last article is really a negative one despite its cheery title.
While your first article tries to show an everyday act of normalcy as some sort of heroic sign of peace, the reality of the situation is seen in the other two articles.
People good, extremist organizations bad. Same as it ever was.
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