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Could bilingual schools help bring peace to a seemingly intractable conflict? In Israel, the school you’ll go to is largely decided before you’re even born – by whether you come from a Jewish or Arab family. Communities learn separately and live separately and that, many argue, cements the hostility and misunderstanding of generations. So is the solution to bring them side-by-side? Hand in Hand is a network of integrated schools across Israel where Jewish and Arab students are taught together in Hebrew and Arabic.
As part of the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳’s Crossing Divides season, World Hacks visits one of the schools to see how well this model works and whether it really has a lasting impact.

Producer: Harriet Noble

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