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Flowers Replace Rifles at a Unique Encounter Between Arab and Jewish Veterans

By Good News Network Friday, July 06, 2012

Civics and World - General

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Photo by Sun StarAn extraordinary and emotional meeting took place in Jerusalem last month, away from the limelight, between veterans of the Six Day War fought by Israel and Jordan.

A group of 20 veterans, mostly high-ranking retired officers, met in Jerusalem June 18 and 19, and toured the sites of battles that pitted them against each other nearly half a century ago.

“We once looked at each other through the barrels of guns,” said one man. “Now we shook hands and exchanged war stories.”

(READ the story in the Times of Israel)

Thanks to Elhanan Miller for submitting the story on our Facebook Page - Photo by Sun Star

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