As Israel marked 40 years since the start of the Six Day War on Tuesday, a group of Israelis faced Palestinian opponents - but this time in a basketball game aimed at promoting peace.
The exhibition game, held at Tel Aviv University, formed part of the second annual Friendship Games - a basketball tournament that has attracted 30 college teams from 17 countries, including Jordan, China and Serbia.
"We believe when we are playing basketball it is better than shooting bullets," said TAU athletic director Arie Rosenzweig, the president of the Israeli Academic Sports Association.
"The aim of this tournament is to get together through sport to demonstrate coexistence through this means. We hope with sport - with basketball - we can talk to each other."
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