Liraz is a 16-year-old, sharp shooting basketball player from Israel. Jinan, who is Palestinian, is her teammate and one of her closest friends. Normally these girls wouldn’t be playing on the same team, or even talking to one another. But thanks to the USAID program PeacePlayers, they are learning a different perspective on the conflict going on around them and what it means to be “the other side.” USAID supports two dozen programs that bring together Israelis and Palestinians to promote peace.