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The Oasis of Peace, known as Neve Shalom (נווה שלום) in Hebrew and Wahat al-Salam in Arabic is a village jointly founded by Israeli Jews and Arabs (Palestinians) in an attempt to show that the two cultures can live side by side peacefully. Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by 6 million people mainly in Israel, parts of the Palestinian territories, the United States and by Jewish communities around the world. ...
Arabic (العربية al-arabiyyah, or less formally arabi) is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ...
The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ʻarab) are an originally Arabian ethnicity widespread in the Middle East and North Africa. ...
Its name originating from a phrase in the Hebrew Bible that "My people shall dwell in an oasis of peace", the idea of united village was first proposed by Father Bruno an Egyptian Catholic (although Jewish by birth) who set up a home at the site of the new village in 1972 on land rented from the Trappist Latrun Monastery for the cost of 25 US Dollar for a hundred year lease, and waited for others to join him. 11th century manuscript of the Hebrew Bible with Targum Hebrew Bible refers to the common portions of the Jewish and Christian canons. ...
Father Bruno Hussar; founder of Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam, Father Bruno derived the name from the book of Isaiah (32:18) My people shall dwell in an Oasis of Peace. Father Bruno passed away on February 8, 1996. ...
The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity; and often a combination of these attributes. ...
1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...
It currently has 184 inhabitants with 300 people (half Jewish, half Arab) on the waiting list for places in the village. While the village wishes to expand it is opposed by the current right-wing Israeli government.
The village school teaches both Arabic and Hebrew and places are in heavy demand, the yearly intake includes hundreds of children from neighbouring areas. Arabic (العربية al-arabiyyah, or less formally arabi) is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ...
Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by 6 million people mainly in Israel, parts of the Palestinian territories, the United States and by Jewish communities around the world. ...
The village has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize four times. Nobel Peace Prize (where Nobel is pronounced with the stress on the second syllable) is one of five Nobel Prizes requested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. ...
See also
For the Arab-Israeli Jew village, see Oasis of Peace Literally meaning Valley of Peace in Hebrew, Neve Shalom Synagogue (Neve Şalom in Turkish) is located in the Beyoglu district of Istanbul, Turkey. ...
External links - Village homepage
- Canadian Friends of the Oasis of Peace
- American Friends of the Oasis of Peace
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