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"  When Lebanese-born journalist Sulome Anderson posted a picture of her kissing her Jewish boyfriend, Jeremy, she never expected that a selfie would be so explosively powerful in spreading a message about peace. The couple were on holiday when Sulome was told by a friend about a little-known initiative called Jews and Arabs Refuse to be Enemies, which she was supportive of, and felt the need to make her own contribution. Anderson uploaded her intimate photo to the group&amp;#039;s Facebook page, and tweeted the image alongside the hashtag #JewsAndArabsRefuseToBeEnemies, but within a short space of the time it went viral. The picture has now been retweeted over 3,000 times, and has led a number of other people to follow suit. The message of peace between the rival cultures that Sulome and Jeremy have become a symbol for is all the more powerful given the violent, destructive conflict that is currently occurring in Gaza between Muslim Palestinians and Israeli Jews. The world is witnessing terror in the Middle East as the ongoing battle between Israeli militants and the Palestinian political party Hamas continues. The primary message that the couple are spreading, which has been supported by so many, is that a lot of people from labelled rival Arab and Jewish cultures simply don&amp;#039;t want to be enemies. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve had a pretty intimate experience with how much hate can wreck lives in the Middle East,&amp;quot; Sulome told ABC News, having spent a significant amount of time reporting in Beirut. &amp;quot;We love that the movement emphasizes the human connections between people the world has taught to hate each other. We wanted to spread the message our relationship has taught us: we aren&amp;#039;t just what we believe.&amp;quot; And speaking about her relationship with Jeremy, who was brought up in a strict Orthodox family, she said, &amp;quot;when we started dating we would argue a lot about politics and slowly but surely, we started coming to some consensus. We still argue sometimes, but we&amp;#039;re coming closer to understanding each other&amp;#039;s perspectives.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;When it comes down to it, we&amp;#039;re people and we love each other and that&amp;#039;s what matters most,&amp;quot; she continued. And that&amp;#039;s why her photo has had such a reaction - the image of unconditional love despite a backdrop of conflict is extremely powerful. Since Sulome&amp;#039;s post, there have been a number of other images shared across social networking sites sharing the same sentiment. Take a look at some of them here:    #JewsAndArabsRefuseToBeEnemies pic.twitter.com/aIBkHKJpjW \u2014 Nadia Sweeny (@nadiasweeny) July 18, 2014       #JewsAndArabsRefuseToBeEnemies pic.twitter.com/kJhsbuzmEj \u2014 Tineke Senf (@TinekeSenf) July 15, 2014    MORE COSMO REPORTS: COSMO TALKS FGM WITH NICK CLEGG AMY WINEHOUSE&amp;#039;S FRIEND TALKS OPENLY ABOUT THE SINGER&amp;#039;S BULIMIA GIRL SCOUT BARBIE HAS GONE DOWN LIKE A LEAD BALLOON "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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