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Facebook-based movement for Mideast youth says the group has held its first
gathering, bringing young activists from Israel and Arab countries to Germany
to promote peace.
Nimrod
Ben-Zeev of the YaLa-Young Leaders group says 18 members from Israel, the Palestinian
territories, Tunisia, Algeria, Lebanon, Egypt, Sudan, Iraq and Kuwait met in
Berlin over the weekend.
Ben-Zeev,
an Israeli, said the group was selected from the most active of YaLa's 162,000 Facebook members.
Meetings
between Israelis and citizens of Arab nations are rare. Except for Egypt and
the Palestinians, none of those represented have diplomatic ties with Israel.
Ben-Zeev
said Monday the movement wants to empower Middle Eastern youths to work
together to improve their communities. It plans an online university
next year.
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