While on his trip to Israel, he met Agbaria, an Israeli Arab who shared Cohen's vision of peace-building, and the two co-founded Interns for Peace.
[1] Cohen sought to overcome longstanding attitudes in which Israeli Arabs are viewed as a fifth column, while Jews are labeled as oppressors.
[1] By 1994, the organization had brought together 80,000 Israeli Arabs and Jews in community projects, helping build understanding through common action.
Palestinians trained through the program and placed in the West Bank and Gaza could help Arabs identify and address their own community needs.
[5] An Interns for Peace program in 2004 had participants work together on road safety projects, addressing the lack of infrastructure in Arab and Jewish communities outside the big cities.