Seinfeld star pushes comedy cure for Mideast

U.S. actor Jason Alexander smiles during a press conference at a hotel in east Jerusalem, Wednesday, June 24, 2009. Alexander was a creator of Imagine 2018, a project that made short films out of Israeli and Palestinian high school students' stories about what the world would be like 10 years on if Israelis and their Arab neighbors make peace. Alexander said humor might help Israelis and Palestinians explore their similarities. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)