Articles

• Why so many billions spent on war, while so little is invested in peace
  23 July 2014, by Evi Guggenheim Shbeta

  Evi writes about her experience during the current violence

• “Jews and Arabs Refuse to be Enemies” … Neve Shalom-Wahat al Salam organizes protest action
  13 July 2014

  WAS-NS was joined by a number of other groups in a rally against the the current violence

• The sub-text in Israel’s soul-searching
  9 July 2014, by Michal Zak

  (outbound link) Despite the hand-wringing among Israelis over the deaths of Palestinians, few want to face the true reason such hatred survives...

• Strategy meeting to discuss responses to the current wave of violence
  8 July 2014

  In order to formulate responses to the current wave of violence and acts of hatred, the School for Peace convened a meeting to which representatives of organizations and movements for human rights, peace and social change were invited.
  Some 24 representatives of a wide range of organizations took part in the interesting and productive discussion. Two initial activities were decided upon. The first will be a protest march in Tira on the coming weekend (see separate invitation), to be led (...)

• "KAHANE LIVES"
  5 June 2014

  The statistics that back up the words daubed on a road sign to the village.

• My Meeting with the President of Palestine
  5 June 2014

  Pluralistic Spiritual Community Ctr director Dafna Karta Schwartz describes her visit with Peace NGO Forum to visit Palestinan Pres. Mahmoud Abbas

• Nakba Day Tour of Lydda (al-Lid / Lod)
  16 May 2014

  Members of the community visited nearby Lydda for a tour in commemoration of the Nakba. In the evening we saw film interviews and conducted a discussion.

• Remembering our dear friend Ambassador Sam Lewis
  26 March 2014, by Communications and Development Office

  Sam Lewis, who died this month, first visited in the 1970s and remained a supporter ever since.

• A Piano Duo in the Oasis of Peace
  8 December 2013, by Christina Valentin, Public Relations

  Among the most recent newcomers to the village is a pair of gifted musicians: Tami Kanazawa and Yuval Admony.

• Three generations of the Edlund family and the WAS-NS Primary School
  3 December 2013, by Christina Valentin, Glenn Chon

  Wahat al-Salam Neve Shalom is today a multi-generational village. Here we tell the remarkable stories of Ety Edlund, who, together with Abdessalam Najjar, founded the Primary School; of Tom Edlund, who attended the School from its first year of existence, of Tom’s wife Keren, and of their daughter, Elenora, who attends the school, in her turn.
  Ety and Kent Edlund joined the community in the early 1980s. Ety was from Israel, Kent originally from Sweden. Moving to WAS-NS with their three (...)

• Happy New Year!
  28 August 2013, by C&D Office

  Wishing you a happy new year, from Wahat al Salam - Neve Shalom

• Sharing Peace Internationally
  22 August 2013, by C&D Office, Glenn Chon

  An Italian group comes to visit, bringing with them a present from the kids of the Pernici Primary School in Riva del Garda, Trento, Italy

• Special Thanks to Rotary
  1 August 2013, by Public Relations

  On Monday, July 22 Eyas Shbeta (Gen. Manager of the municipality) and Nava Sonnenschein (Director of the School for Peace) had the honor to attend the annual changeover ceremony of the nearby Modiin Rotary Club. The club welcomed its new incoming president Alberto Hodara, and thanked outgoing president Rochelle Fisher: two wonderful and altruistic souls we have had the pleasure to get to know in recent years.

• An Interns Perspective
  31 July 2013, by Glenn Chon

  Half way through the internship, Glenn Chon shares his perspective on his experiences here.

• Voices of the Village
  18 July 2013, by Glenn Chon

  Tali & Nadine create community based lectures.

• Photos: Book launch with Yair Auron
  23 June 2013

  Yair Auron, who has been teaching genocide studies at Israel’s Open University, launched a new book "HaShoah, HaTkuma ve HaNakba (the Holocaust, the Establishment of the State of Israel and the Palestinian Catastrophe)"

• Annual General Meeting of Friends Associations
  14 May 2013

  This year’s annual general meeting, to which representatives are invited from support groups around the world, got off to a great start with an evening reception at the swimming pool. At the event we welcomed old and new friends, and honored our oldest friend of all, J. Zel Lurie, who will be 100 this year. Another long-term American supporter of the village, Mr. Richard Goodwin, was present at the occasion. Mr. Goodwin directs his philanthropic efforts in the Middle East through the (...)

• Mother’s Day Event
  21 March 2013

  An evening in honour of Mother’s Day was organized on March 21 by WASNS member Mai Shbeta. The evening featured music, a reading of the monologue “Flowers are not enough” by (WASNS member and dramatist) Hawla Dibsi, a reading from the Vagina Monologues of Eve Ensler with the participation of veteran Israeli entertainers Rivka Michaeli and Tiki Dayan. A film "One Billion Rising" was shown and there was a sale of Palestinian embroidery ("Threads of Change" by AWC-NA’AM: Arab Women in the (...)

• Celebration of International Women’s Day
  8 March 2013

  WAS-NS member Samah Salaime arranged a gathering to celebrate International Women’s Day.

• "Against All Odds"
  20 January 2013

  A book based on interviews with people in WAS-NS is published in Israel