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Hoops and harmony: How PeacePlayers is changing the Middle East

By Chad Ford
ESPN.com

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Editor's note: The "Big Picture" series will run periodically at ESPN.com, featuring in-depth stories about NBA personalities and leaguewide issues. BEIT SAFAFA, Israel -- When sitting on a rooftop in the Jerusalem suburb of Beit Safafa, overlooking some of the most contested real estate in the world, the oldest, most intractable conflict in the world seems more peaceful. The streets, on the Jewish Sabbath, are quiet and almost empty. A young boy comes along, weaving his bike up and down the ...

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