Shalom Abu Bassem is a documentary by Nissim Mossek about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict that follows a New York City Jewish settler and an Arab hummus vendor that are forced to live as neighbors in the heart of Jerusalem.

With a matter-of-fact air and straightforward filming, Shalom Abu Bassem evaluates the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on an intimate, human scale, where a simple hello means a great deal.

But their noble intentions are tested over time, as waves of violence pass over the city, leaving blood stains on the cobble stone streets that lead to their homes.

Haladiya Street, where Abu and Danny both live, was a predominantly Jewish neighborhood until 1936, when riots broke out, killing countless innocent Jews and driving the rest of them out of their homes.

But in the late 1980s, when violence broke out throughout Israel, the tension mounted in the neighborhood, and since then peace has been too short lived for the residents to fully relax and regain trust in one another.

But when the filmmaker happens to gain entrance into the secret locked doors, he finds that instead of sinister planning the students are busing themselves playing on keyboards, dancing and praying.

While the film received mostly praise, one critic complained that the filmmaker's subtle editing decisions created a bias that followed in Michael Moore's tradition of documentaries with an agenda.