Articles

• A group visit to the pre-1967 village of Emmaus
  11 August 2012, by Rita Boulos

  The group visits center took a group to the nearby ruined Palestinian village

• Summer Camp for Hebron district children
  31 July 2012, by Reem Nashef

  This year’s summer camp for Palestinian children took place in July, with children from the Hebron area.

• 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.

• Peace Brush
  15 June 2012

  A happening for children, parents and teachers

• Peace Brush Activity at the Primary School
  14 June 2012

  On June 14, as a response to the hate slogans and vandalism that took place a week ago, the School organized the "Peace Brush" happening, which included painting of graffiti, drawings and messages of coexistence, drawn by children, teachers and parents. The afternoon also included a musical event on the school lawn and soccer together with Arab and Jewish children from Jerusalem.

• 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.

• Two peoples write from right to left: Palestinian and Israeli anthology of poems and short stories
  23 January 2012

  The School for Peace has published an anthology of Hebrew and Arabic literature.

• Holiday celebrations at the Primary School
  22 December 2011, by Lionel S.

  For the triple festivities of Hijra, Christmas and Chanukah the children of the elementary school had a joint celebration. In fact, this year each class celebrated separately in its own way.

• Summer Camp for Palestinian Children
  3 July 2011, by Reem Nashef

  A report of this year’s week-long summer camp for children from the West Bank village of Beit Sira

• Purim celebration at the Primary School
  19 March 2011

  Everyday during the week from March 13 – 17 the children of the Oasis of Peace Primary School learned about and celebrated the Jewish holiday of Purim – one of the children’s favorite holidays. The Jewish and Arab children learned about the Biblical story of Esther, and especially emphasized the giving of gifts (mishloah manot) and made special dishes for their school lunch. Each day of the week was given a certain theme: there was a pajama day, a color day, a day for fairytale characters... (...)

• A new school bus for the Primary School
  10 March 2011

  WAS-NS manager Eyas Shbeta and School Principal Anwar Dawood were invited to a ceremony at the transportation department of the Mateh Yehuda Development Company to celebrate the purchase and entry into service of the new 52-seat Mercedes school bus, for which money was raised by associations of friends of Neve Shalom - Wahat al-Salam, the Folke Bernadotte Foundation (Sweden), the DVHL, Mercedes Benz itself and other foundations and friends of the village. Speeches were made by Mateh Yehuda (...)

• Report from the Youth Club (Nadi)
  1 February 2011, by Ariela Bairey Ben Ishay

  An activity report from the youth club

• 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

• Christmas party at the PSC
  29 December 2010, by Abdessalam Najjar

  The Pluralistic Spiritual Centre held a Christmas party for the community.

• Celebration of Muslim, Jewish, Christian holidays
  26 November 2010

  Thanks to the proximity of Eid al-Adha, the Hijri or Muslim New Year, the Jewish Hanukkah holiday and Christmas, the School held a joint celebration.

• A speaking tour in Japan: first steps towards a new friends association
  12 November 2010, by Dorit Shippin

  Account of a trip to Japan, participation in a conference and presentations on WAS-NS

• Opening of the 2010-2011 School Year
  1 September 2010

  September 1 marks the opening of the School Year in Israel, and this is so also for the Oasis of Peace School. Although the date is regular, every year this seems a small miracle.

• 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.