In pictures: Jewish-Arab circus

Shair Ben Yosef, 14, an Israeli Jew from the village of Atzmon, said he also met Arab children for the first time at the circus.

"I didn't know any Arabs before although I never felt hatred towards them. Now I have made a lot of Arab friends here," he said.

"I think the circus is a great way to bring Arab and Jewish children together, doing something that's fun."