Articles

• Visit of Tamar Zandberg
  24 January 2022

  On Jan. 18, the Minister of Environmental Protection visited the village

• New management for the hotel
  2 August 2021

  Rabiah Barhum says that taking over the hotel is coming home.

• Visit from American interfaith coalition
  27 February 2020

  A visit by Americans engaged in intefaith work

• Belgian group from Religions for Peace visit
  26 February 2020

  An interreligious group from Religions for Peace made a 2-day visit to the village.

• "I was profoundly moved" - an American visitor writes
  31 January 2020

  "I was profoundly moved by the visit. The courage displayed by you and the others at Neve Shalom... represents a personal commitment and strength we are deeply touched by and admire."

• A visit by Baroness Deech; and about her upcoming lecture
  17 October 2019

  On Sept. 27, Baroness Deech visited. She will be giving the 10th annual Philip Rueff lecture this November in Bloomsbury.

• Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, Virginia visit
  14 October 2019

  On Monday, October 14, a group from the United States, all members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, Central East Region visited the village.
  Rita Boulos welcomed and introduced them to the village, its objectives, and the core values that provide the courage to confront the harsh realities of our region. They visited the primary school and the spiritual center. At the art gallery they met with its curator Dyana Shaloufi Rizek. They concluded their visit with a light meal (...)

• Yesh Din visit
  3 October 2019

  15 Israeli and Palestinian human rights activists from the human rights organization paid us a visit.

• Visit by German development workers
  26 September 2019

  Sept 20: a group of Ramallah-based German development workers visited WAS-NS and remains of nearby ruined Palestinian villages destroyed in the 1967 war.

• Visit of German Ambassador, H.E. Dr. Susanne Wasum-Rainer
  4 August 2019

  Her successful visit in April set the stage for continuing warm contacts and cooperation.

• Visit of Women Wage Peace
  10 March 2019

  On March 1 we hosted a group from the Gedera branch of Women Wage Peace. Rita Boulos and Boaz Kitain received them in the Oasis Art Gallery.

• Visit by Danish Embassy staff
  4 October 2018

  We were thrilled to receive the Danish Embassy staff, including the Chief of Mission, H.E.Charlotte Slente

• An Oasis of Peace in a Land of Conflict
  28 February 2018

  An article by Martin Leeper for the Palestine Monitor (redirects to external website)

• The Swiss Ambassador visited, meeting with...
  29 September 2017

  The Swiss Ambassador H.E. Jean Daniel Ruch visited, meeting with key people and touring the village’s educational institutions.

• German Deputy Minister of North Rhine - Westphalia and delegation visit WAS-NS
  30 January 2017

  "Thank you for being a thorn in the flesh and for doing wonderful work" - says Sylvia Löhrmann on visit

• Visit by British Friends Group
  3 March 2016

  A group brought by the British Friends of NSWAS toured the Village and sites in the region.

• 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.

• Visit by French Ambassador Patrick Maisonnave
  24 September 2014

  On Monday 22nd September we were honored to receive in the village French ambassador Patrick Maisonnave.

• Colorado University Students Visit WASNS
  19 June 2014

  Students of “Justice, Human Rights, and Democracy in Israel and the West Bank” course visit the village

• School class visits destroyed Palestinian villages
  6 January 2014, by C&D Office

  German school students were shown around the Ayalon-Canada park, and what used to be the Palestinian village of Imwas.