Meet Maral Malka, 23, and her newly announced husband Mahmoud Mansour, 26 who were married on August 17, 2014 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

What makes their day a special one is that Maral was born Jewish while Mahmoud is Muslim. There are always two sides to the coin; in this case, one side has people who are ecstatic that love transcends everything even in a time of war, while on the other side, there are people who are appalled and distraught.