{"id":4788,"date":"2014-06-09T10:58:10","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T14:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/?p=4788"},"modified":"2024-01-30T08:52:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T13:52:57","slug":"peace-and-diversity-in-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/peace-and-diversity-in-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace and Diversity in Israel by Corey Cunningham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israel Study Abroad student Corey Cunningham shared his thoughts with us on his first experiences in Israel:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4790\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4790\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/10411182_10202343692857877_9054569483885441290_n1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4790 \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/10411182_10202343692857877_9054569483885441290_n1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"10411182_10202343692857877_9054569483885441290_n\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shepherd&#8217;s Field Church<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Driving through Israel for the first time and not seeing any soldiers out on the streets or any type of ruckus going on really shows me how peaceful this country is.<\/p>\n<p>Going to their market and seeing the diversity really shocked me; it was as if I was in New York.\u00a0Going to the Roman theater gave me insight on how many civilizations ruled over Israel, which gives it the diversity it has now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/10402655_10202343004760675_204931621030043801_n1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4793\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/10402655_10202343004760675_204931621030043801_n1-300x68.jpg\" alt=\"10402655_10202343004760675_204931621030043801_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"68\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The construction of buildings in Israel uses a unique rock that I&#8217;ve never seen that is so interesting and words can&#8217;t do justice to. 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