Better than playing with Arab children

Is actually meeting Arab peers, as I did in a local bar a couple of nights ago. I thought the bar, called "El Back Door" was a gay bar, but I was hungry and I went in search of food. It is not a gay bar, but I had forgotten the word for menu, and when I asked the waitress, an Arab guy sitting at a table nearby told me the word. After I ordered, I asked if I could join him and his two friends. He said yes, and we sat down, had a few beers (I aslso had a chicken sandwich) and we talked about all sorts of stuff: life, women, politics. And one point, two of the guys got into an argument in Arabic, about Sharon and Peretz. Among other things we discussed were: George Bush, Iraq, religion, abortion, and gay marriage. It was incredible. I will try to summarize what was said another time, when I have more energy, but suffice it to say that there was a ton of common ground. And interestingly, these were Muslim Arabs, not Christians. I probably learnt more that evening than I have the entire time I've been in Israel. And I made three friends.