Akko business owners back on their feet a year after riots
Though shaken by the wave of violence in their mixed city, Jewish hoteliers and restaurateur have rebuilt and hope for a better future.
Though shaken by the wave of violence in their mixed city, Jewish hoteliers and restaurateur have rebuilt and hope for a better future.
‘I don’t have an ounce of anger in me about this, no frustration or bitterness,’ says owner of the destroyed Arabesque Arts and Residency Center.
‘My Muslim workers feel the same way I do: They want to get back to work as fast as possible. It will be an answer to the villains who want to destroy coexistence.’
In Israel you don’t have to limit your history lesson to tourist sites. You can book a stay in a renovated ancient building.
Centuries-old Ottoman building in historic Acre is embarking on a second life as Arabesque: An Arts and Residency Center.