I shot this photograph of Arab/Palestinian Israeli tweens standing outside Jaffa’s Sawalha Sweets with toy guns and snacks in hand amid the 2006 Israeli elections, © Yael Warshel, 2006. Underscoring the complex socialization forces of the conflict zones these children straddle, the backdrop for their leisure activities included the store’s Hebrew sign, “Sawalha [Sweets]” (Sawalha, being an Arab surname reminiscent in Hebrew of the Arabic term for “reconciliation,” “sulh”): “nuts and seeds, sweets, gift baskets, chocolates... .” and the Consolidated Arab List for Renewal’s election poster, displaying its political slogan, the Arabic letters, “ayn” “mim,” and proclaiming, “Our Strength is in our Alliance,” undersigned by its allied party members in that election, “the National and Islamic Forces Alliance:” the “Islamic Movement” (United Arab List), “Arab Movement for Renewal” and the “Arab Democratic Party” (RA’AM-TA’AL-MADA), who, by combining forces, worked to foster change in Israeli (and Palestinian) politics.