Inside Israel’s ‘Oasis of Peace’ – the village where Palestinians and Jews purposefully live side-by-side to s
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EXCLUSIVEInside Israel’s ‘Oasis of Peace’ – the village where Palestinians and Jews purposefully live side-by-side to show they CAN co-exist in harmony… but face anger from extremists on both sidesBy SABRINA MILLER and JAMIE WISEMAN IN NEVE SHALOM, ISRAEL
Published: 07:36 EDT, 20 April 2025 | Updated: 07:45 EDT, 20 April 2025
ItcouldbeasleepyvillageinTuscanywereitnotforthebombsheltersunderneaththeschoolandthewhirringsoundofmilitaryhelicoptersoverhead.
NestledinahilloverlookingtheAyalonValley,thisseeminglyidyllicconurbationistheonlyplaceintheworldwherePalestinianandJewishIsraelifamiliespurposefullyliveandlearntogether.
Called‘NeveShalom’inHebrew,‘Wahatal-Salam’inArabic,and‘OasisofPeace’inEnglish,itisauniquespotdaringtoprovethatIsraelisandPalestinianscaninfactlivetogetherinharmony.
Establishedin1972byFatherBrunoHussar–anEgyptianJewishmanwholatercon
