Adam Ben Shabat has grown up in an Israeli village dedicated to coexistence. Half the families are Jewish and the other half are Arab-Israelis. He and his friends talk about everything and Ben Shabat thinks they can work everything out. But the current war in Gaza is testing that belief, and leading the young man to wonder what the future holds.
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