Articles

• Palestinian-Jewish musical duo offer ’a glimmer of hope’ at the Oasis of Peace Primary School
  14 October 2015

  A glimmer of hope in the current darkness of the Middle East: A duo of musical ambassadors for peace performed at the Wahat al-Salam - Neve Shalom school.

• Statement on the current situation
  12 October 2015

  The residents of Wahat al-Salam / Neve Shalom condemn the cycle of violence and call on both sides to put an end to it.

• Video Report of the Masa-Massar Program
  1 October 2015

  A beautiful video with interviews with participants of the PSCC’s Masa Massar program

• School for Peace Newsletter for Summer 2015
  3 September 2015

  The SFP recounts recent successes and looks forward to an exciting new activity year

• A new school year for the Palestinian & Jewish children of the Primary School
  1 September 2015

  September 1 marks the end of the long summer break and many bright beginnings for our pupils and the school

• Tour of Jisr az-Zarqa
  23 August 2015

  In the framework of its course for urban planners, architects & civil engineers, the SFP initiated a tour of Jisr az-Zarqa.

• School for Peace End of Year Summary Event
  22 August 2015

  On July 30, 2015, the School for Peace organized an event for the end of its activity year. Some 30 Arab and Jewish facilitators and activists who work with the SFP came, as well as WAS-NS residents.

• The Earth Caravan brings a message of hope
  12 August 2015

  On the 9th of August, just 3 days after the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, WAS-NS Peace Museum hosted the "Earth Caravan.

• Lecture on legal aspects concerning Arabs in mixed cities
  28 July 2015

  As part of the 2015-2016 training course for change agents in Israeli mixed cities Att. Kais Nasser gave a lecture on legal aspects affecting the Arab population

• SFP wins S.E.R. Reconciliation Award
  28 July 2015

  The SFP has been informed by the S.E.R. Foundation (Germany) that the Program for Palestinian and Israeli Literature Teachers has received the S.E.R. Reconciliation Award 2013 – 2014

• How we celebrated Ramadan
  17 July 2015

  As every year, the community gathered for a weekly festive iftar meal, special activities and songs.

• An anniversary event for the Primary School
  16 July 2015

  The Primary School celebrates an anniversary with a photo exhibition & meeting of alumni

• An anniversary event for the Primary School
  16 July 2015

  The Museum mounted a special photo exhibition for the Primary School’s celebration of three decades of work.

• Rita Boulos speaks at the Palestine Committee organization in Munich
  13 July 2015

  WAS-NS member Rita Boulos spoke and attended two cultural events of the Palestine Committee between June 18 and 20, 2015

• Photos, videos from the end of the school year
  13 July 2015

  The 2014-2015 school year has come to a close; the children and teachers have till the end of August to enjoy their summer break.

• Primary School Newsletter - Summer 2015
  12 July 2015

  As the long summer break begins, we look back on the events that made this such a wonderful school year.

• Surviving the ups and downs: Israel’s first Arab-Jewish school turns 30
  6 July 2015

  (Article appearing in +972 magazine)

• Massa-Masar-(“Journey”) - an exciting program for Jewish, Muslim & Christian Young People
  30 June 2015

  A group of 30 Jewish, Muslim and Christian teenagers on a 4-day Journey to visit and learn together about Israel’s diverse communities.

• Int’l conference on Dilemmas of Recognition in Asymmetric Conflicts
  22 June 2015

  On 4-5 May 2015 the SFP, in cooperation with two universities, convened an int’l conference on Dilemmas of Recognition in Asymmetric conflicts: the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in a Comparative Perspective.

• Samah Salaime Ighbariyeh
  26 May 2015

  Samah was born in 1975 in the northern village of Turan, where she also attended school. She is married to Umar Ighbariyeh and the couple have three boys: Warad (18), Muhammad (14) and Adam (7). In September 2000, just before the birth of Muhammad, the couple came to live in Wahat al-Salam - Neve Shalom. Their decision to move to the village came as a result of a process that had begun years previously. Umar had been working as a facilitator and project manager at the School for Peace and, (...)