Despite comprising 20 percent of the Israeli population, only 1.4 percent of high-tech workers in Israel are Arabs. A government-aided Israeli organization is trying to change that statistic for good.

British-Israeli artist Noam Edry has come up with a unique and extravagant art project that she hopes will bring Israelis and Arabs closer. Her instrument of choice: sunflower seeds. The artist has already begun her quest to encourage people from both sides to sit together, chew and spit a total of 10 tons of sunflower seeds.

There is a basic concept in circus art one cannot do without: Trust. If you are swinging from a trapeze or performing acrobatic tricks, you need to have total faith in your partner. This is precisely the idea that drives the Israel Circus School to create a peaceful space where Jewish and Arabic youth can start to get to know one another.

Ten members of Israeli rap group System Ali sing along together in Hebrew, Arabic, English and Russian, with mixed reactions.