The Coronavirus outbreak has done what politicians and activists have been unable to do. It has sparked an extraordinarily high level of cooperation between Palestinians and Israelis where both sides are working side by side battling this pandemic to save lives. The virus doesn’t differentiate between Israelis, Palestinians, Muslims, Jews, or even Christians. Palestinian and Arab doctors and nurses are working together alongside their Israeli peers to overcome this crisis and treat their patients by any means necessary. Israel is sending Coronavirus testing kits to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, permits to stay in Israel overnight were given to tens of thousands of Palestinian laborers, and both Israel and Palestine set up joint operation rooms to combat the virus. We’re all in this together and hopefully by the end of this we will come out stronger, closer, and ready to usher in a new time of peace and prosperity for the good of us all.

There are many other stories coming from different countries of people motivating each other through various ways and offering to help one another in their communities. These are amazing demonstrations of human solidarity and will hopefully become more infectious than COVID-19. Together we can overcome this and come out victorious in this battle.