Articles

• 2015 Annual Report of the School for Peace
  27 January 2016

  The School for Peace boosted its activities, advanced the Peace College, won international awards, and secured funding for future activities.

• New EU funded project launched
  24 January 2016

  A new EU funded project is being launched with Palestinian organization INMAA. A new EU funded project is being launched along with the Palestinian organization INMAA.

• December Holidays Event
  17 December 2015

  The PSCC invited everyone to celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas and al Mawlid al-Nabawi. We took the opportunity to thank the abbot and monks of Latrun Abbey for the original gift of the lands to Wahat al-Salam - Neve Shalom. Ronit Shefi played and sang for us, Michal Moses conducted activities for children, Raida beautifully told the story of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), and delicious holiday fare filled our (...)

• An Evening of Recognition and Healing
  9 December 2015

  In November the Museum/PSCC held a special evening remembering Palestinians who in 1929 acted heroically to save their Jewish neighbors.

• How Israel erases Arabic from the public landscape
  6 December 2015

  The Israeli government has begun omitting the Arabic name for Jerusalem from its street signs, erasing not only the language from the Israeli consciousness, but Palestinian identity itself.

• How to build peace in Israel / Palestine, by WAS-NS member Noam Shuster
  1 December 2015

  WASNS member Noam Shuster was invited to speak at the One Young World conference in Bangkok (November 2015)
  From the description found on YouTube:
  Educated in a bi-lingual and bi-national school, Noam speaks fluent Arabic which strengthens her Middle Eastern identity that is based on her family’s roots in Iran. She has worked in peacebuilding programmes with Israelis and Palestinians since a young age and joined the international peacebuilding organisation, Interpeace, in 2012. At (...)

• Evi Guggenheim awarded NCBI Bridge-Builders Prize
  1 December 2015

  Evi Guggenheim Shbeta is among 22 recipients of the "Bridge Builders" Prize awarded by NCBI Switzerland.

• The Shoah, The Rebirth and the Nakba - Panel Discussion
  30 November 2015

  On November 25th, a panel discussion took place at the launch of the Arabic edition of Prof. Yair Auron’s book, The Shoah, the Rebirth and the Nakba.

• Youth Encounter between Givat Brener and Nazareth
  30 November 2015

  Sixty-one teenagers are taking part in a youth encounter and engaging in a dialogue at the SFP. The workshop is being observed by facilitator trainees.

• The Educational Association gets a new chairwoman
  29 November 2015

  On November 12, the village held elections for the board of the Association of Educational Institutions. Samah Salaime was elected as as chair

• Meeting and Tour in Sakhnin
  27 November 2015

  The School for Peace change agents course for Jewish and Palestinian architects and engineers met November 27 in Sakhnin

• Election of the members of the Student Council in our Primary School
  22 November 2015

  Thursday 12th November was election day at the Primary School. The students had to vote in a new council + president and vice-president of the Student Council.

• Newsletter of the Primary School, Autumn 2015
  15 November 2015

  Letter from Carmella; opening of the school year; olive harvest; new teachers; plans for the library...

• Against All Odds: The Story of a Binational Village
  9 November 2015

  Amia Lieblich’s book on Wahat al-Salam - Neve Shalom, which first appeared in Hebrew, has now been translated and published in English.

• Honoring the Righteous: second event
  9 November 2015

  The Peace Museum hosted members of the Armenian community in Israel and guests for abroad for a second event in its “Honoring the Righteous” series, the first of which took place last March.

• Rabin memorial event at the School
  9 November 2015

  The Primary school conducted a memorial activity commemorating the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.

• Olive picking and community action
  30 October 2015

  Saturday 17th October was one of those days that will stay in our memory forever. In a region where everything, even the olive harvest is politicized, it was very moving to see the Palestinian and Jewish pupils of the primary school picking olives together, in a peaceful and relaxed atmosphere. The sun was shining and the air was scented with the delicious smell of fresh olives just picked from the trees. Meanwhile, members of the village came together to clean the school grounds and other (...)

• Coexistence Under Fire
  30 October 2015

  Israel Channel 2 News Journal from 2015/10/25 with English translation.

• "Coexistence Under Fire" - Media Reports on WASNS
  28 October 2015

  The escalation in the conflict has seen an increase of media interest in the village. Here are some links to interviews, TV and radio articles and more.

• Visit by heads of German welfare organizations
  22 October 2015

  A distinguished group comprising the heads and senior members of many German welfare organizations visited WAS-NS in the framework of a current official tour of the country.