The Middle East - a Peek into Co-Existence

Two residents of the Village – Ahmad Hijazi (director of the School for Peace) and
Nava Sonnenschein (founder of the School for Peace) will explain in detail how the community began, how it works, and how people from two seemingly intractable perspectives actually made the momentous decision to live side by side in the same community,
in perhaps one of the most complicated areas of the world.

“Peace is not something you wish for; it's something you make,
something you do, something you are, and something you give away.”
Robert Fulghum

Come, learn, and support good people who are working for peace, cooperation and co-existence – especially in the Middle East!! –
at an extremely informative and decidedly insightful event on
Sunday, October 24th in Notting Hill Gate, London W8

One of numerous projects of co-existence between Jews and Arabs in Israel is a very special village, Neve Shalom ~ Wahat al-Salam, which has institutions which promote peace.

Neve Shalom ~ Wahat al-Salam is a cooperative village of Jews and Palestinian
Arabs of Israeli citizenship equidistant between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv-Jaffa.
Founded in the 1970s, there are currently over 50 families living there, with approximately equal numbers of Jews and Arabs (both Christian and Muslim), all Israeli citizens. In the coming years, a further 90 families will build their homes there.

NSWaS promotes its ethos of equality and democracy for all citizens through its unique bilingual and bicultural educational system, and its internationally renowned School for Peace, which conducts transformational conflict resolution courses for adults and young people.
In addition, its Pluralistic Spiritual Centre, founded in memory of Father Bruno Hussar whose inspiration was the founding of NSWaS, is dedicated to inter-faith dialogue and the study of holy texts in pursuit of peace.

Two residents of the Village – Ahmad Hijazi (director of the School for Peace) and
Nava Sonnenschein (founder of the School for Peace) will explain in detail how the community began, how it works, and how people from two seemingly intractable perspectives actually made the momentous decision to live side by side in the same community,
in perhaps one of the most complicated areas of the world.

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