Articles

• Rally for Palestinian UN Statehood Bid
  30 November 2012

  Members of WAS-NS attended the rally in favor of the Palestinian UN statehood bid initiated by the School for Peace and other organizations.

• Ahmad
  24 August 2012, by Yaacov Sonnenschein

  WAS-NS member Yaacov Sonnenschein on Ahmad Hijazi

• Ahmad Hijazi and his son Adam
  22 August 2012

  On Monday August 20, Ahmad Hijazi and his 9 year old son Adam were killed in a car accident while they were on holiday in Zanzibar.

• Jaba Burning: a solidarity visit to a Palestinian village
  25 June 2012, by Michal Zak

  On Saturday June 24, 2012 a delegation from WAS-NS visited the Ramallah district village of Jaba. This is a personal account of the visit.

• Hate messages and slashed tires
  8 June 2012

  In an apparent protest against the decision to evacuate an Israeli "outpost" settlement, thugs crept into the village during the night, slashing tires of many cars, and spray painting right-wing and anti-Arab slogans on cars and buildings.
  The message on the school door (see attached photos) says "Hi from Havat Gilad" (one of the "outpost" settlements) and "Death to the Arabs". Another message at the school says "Revenge". A message on one of the cars said "Hi from Ulpana" (the outpost (...)

• In Memoriam: Abdessalam Najjar
  23 March 2012

  On March 22, community member Abdessalam Najjar left us.

• Mai Shbeta at the World Economic Forum in Davos
  24 January 2011

  The British Council, as part of its Global Changemaker program, sends young WAS-NS member Mai Shbeta as one of 5 international representatives to the World Economic Forum in Davos

• Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull visits, donates to WAS-NS
  August 2010

  Jethro Tull artist Ian Anderson comes to the Oasis of Peace, and donates his personal income from his Israel tour towards the Primary School.

• Conference: Before it’s too late: moving from protest to persistent activity
  23 July 2010

  WAS-NS convenes a conference to discuss joint strategies for Arab and Jewish NGOs.

• Protesting the attack on the Freedom Flotilla
  31 May 2010

  Wahat al-Salam – Neve Shalom cries out in protest at the attack on the Freedom Flotilla and the killing of international human rights activists. We call for the immediate lifting of the siege on Gaza.
  Note:
  Our protest message appeared on May 31, the day of the incident. Insufficient attention was given to consistency between the various languages of the protest and it was later decided by our political committee (which is appointed by the community administration) to use the word (...)

• Inauguration of the Fred Segal Friendship Library
  21 April 2010

  The Fred Segal Friendship Library was inaugurated today in Wahat al-Salam - Neve Shalom.

• Symposium on Gaza: a year since the war, a decade of siege
  January 2010, by Veronica Sartore

  WAS-NS commemorated the Gaza War of January 2009 with a symposium that was open to the general public. The evening included speakers and a video link to Gaza.

• My Bruno
  2 December 2008, by Abdessalam Najjar

  I first met Bruno in a dialogue encounter session for Jewish and Arab students, at the home of Reuven Moscovitz, a teacher who had joined the group. This was in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv.
  At Reuven’s invitation, Bruno came to the meeting with Anne Le Meignen, to explain his idea about founding a Jewish-Arab community called Neve Shalom, and to recruit more people to join the project. The whole thing felt very strange to me. Bruno’s ideas were not very clear. They lacked a practical (...)

• A woman to lead us
  3 August 2008

  Dorit Shippin, recently elected Chair of the Community Association, shares some thoughts on her guiding vision and the importance of partnership, constructive dialogue, imagination, and transparency.

• Young people represent Wahat al-Salam - Neve Shalom in the UK
  3 August 2008

  On the 18th May 2008, Sama Daoud and Neriya Mark, the second - generation of WASNS travelled to London to raise awareness of the village.

• Palestinian - Israeli Peace NGO Forum meet hosted in Wahat al-Salam - Neve Shalom
  13 June 2008

  On Wednesday June 11, representatives of about 50 organizations came to Wahat al-Salam - Neve Shalom to attend a meeting of the Israeli branch of the Palestinian-Israeli Peace NGO Forum.

• WAS-NS members receive Italian peace prize
  3 June 2008

  On May 19 Boaz Kitain and Eyas Shbeta received on behalf of WAS-NS the 2008 Frederick II Peace Prize, which is awarded for efforts in the field of human welfare and diffusion of the culture of peace.

• Neriya Mark and Sama Daoud
  2 June 2008

  A short film on two young women who grew up in Wahat al-Salam - Neve Shalom (2008)

• Bruno
  21 May 2008, by Bob Mark

  Words read to Rev. Nichiko Niwano and a delegation from the Rissho Kosei-Kai Organization who came to pay their respects at the grave of Fr. Bruno.

• Young women creating peace – Notes from the village guest house
  3 April 2008

  Ms. Rabya’ Barhoum, sales & marketing manager at the village’s guest house, was especially enthused by a recent group from Creativity for Peace, an organization based in New Mexico (USA). This program works with groups of Israeli and Palestinian young women aged 15-17 to "foster their artistic creativity and communication and leadership skills" and turn them into agents of conflict transformation back in their home communities.
  The program held a seminar here on March 6th to 8th for 22 (...)