After Hamas’ terror and Israel’s attack on Gaza, the mood between Jewish and Arab Israelis is charged and full of mistrust. In Jaffa, peace patrols are trying to prevent violence.
By Jonas Fedders and Verena Hölzl
Miki Fischer grumbles to himself when one of the stickers is difficult to remove from the film. With a stack of small rectangular stickers in her hand, the 73-year-old walks down a street in Jaffa and slaps them one after the other on street lamps and garbage cans. With the peace messages printed on it in Arabic and Hebrew, she hopes to send a signal about what she is really worried about at the moment: the coexistence of Jews and Arabs in the Middle East.