- It's, you know, the first time a mission of this size
has ever happened between the Israelis and the Palestinians,
and, really, this has kind of been a culmination of what we do
and what we're about.
[bell tolls]
[camera shutter clicks]
[slow-motion footsteps]
- I know the situation.
I know how broken is it.
I know what's the other side feeling.
I don't accuse them.
I want to change this reality.
Bill is a soldier of peace.
I believe that my duty is in my field
to try to really improve the situation of the two people.
- I think that there's so much fear,
and manipulation of fear is happening between people.
And on the political level,
there's not much hope now,
but I think, you know,
if you could give hearing aids to the leaders,
maybe they will listen better to their peoples.
- Treaties are signed by leaders,
but peace is done among people.
We are creating an atmosphere
which hopefully will lead to peace among the peoples.
- The more people get involved,
the more people care for each other,
the less people hate each other.
- We believe that health could play a crucial role
in building peace among people,
and Starkey Hearing Foundation could play a very good role
to help in building peace between Palestine and Israeli.
- This project, it's bridge for peace.
We have a cooperation from Americans
and Israeli and Palestinian
together working for this people.
- Some of the Israelis were worried
about crossing the border and going to Tulkarm,
which is a Palestinian city.
You can see around
is Palestinian military authorities here.
- You saw a change in the first day with the guards
where they were at the sides.
They didn't interact with us.
You couldn't take a picture.
And you kind of saw that wall being broken down.
By the third day, they were out there fitting with us.
They were helping us.
- [speaking foreign language]
- Bah, bah, bah, bah.
- [speaking foreign language]
- [speaking foreign language] - [speaking foreign language]
- No? Higher?
- You need to raise it up.
- [speaking foreign language]
- And now the Elite Palestinian guards
are going "Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah,"
getting smiles out of these kids' faces.
It's been really amazing.
I was on the bus ride over with a girl my age.
She was 26.
She lives in Israel,
and she said that she's never actually seen
what it's like over here.
- And what's just very special to me
is that there are really some people
coming from Israel here to help,
and for me, something first of my life I see it.
And it really feels good.
Like, some people care about us here, you know?
We are not alone in this.
When you share love and care and dignity with other people,
you can really feel you are making progress.
You are making something you like.
- Well, he was addressing me in Hebrew.
You know?
And he says that his great hope that we'll achieve peace.
And he said, even, the Hebrew term,
"B'ezrat hashem."
"With the help of God."
We are creating a kind of micro course
of what we would like the Middle East to be.
- Thank you. Thank you.
- Yell it out to the crowd.
- Here we are at a place of supposed conflict,
and we can create an island of understanding.
We have to do more.
We need to make the island of peace so large
that it isn't just in the hearts and minds
of a few people that we've touched,
that it spreads.
If we can't learn to get along with each other,
we won't survive.
And tomorrow isn't a promise.
It's an opportunity.
We have to do something to make it happen.
- Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah.
- Bah, bah!
- [laughs]