Local youth group spearheads program to teach Israelis about Morocco and vice versa; the World Cup has certainly helped

The group had been supposed to learn about Druze culture on Saturday night, but Morocco’s World Cup quarter-final was on, so instead the young Moroccans and Israelis gathered in the northern Druze town of Isfiya’s HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed clubhouse to watch the match.

Morocco, of course, stunned with a 1-0 win, marking the first time an Arab country has ever made it to the World Cup semifinals.

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