May 28, 2020 | Book Review |
Read review of Rayek’s spell-binding book about the joys and the pains of living in a unique village in Israel where Arabs and Jews live side by side. Many books have been written about the Oasis of Peace – the unique village in Israel where Jews and...
May 27, 2020 | Stories of the Stars |
I have heard Mohammad Fahili’ story – known as Fahili – four times now and each time fresh details emerge that that make me realise this man is a star. 1948 was a chaotic time. Fahili’s family was one of five families living in a village on the Syrian...
Apr 28, 2020 | Book Review |
by Jack Omer-Jackaman Jack Omer-Jackaman...
Apr 27, 2020 | Interview |
Why did you decide to create the Peace Art Gallery? From the beginning it was very important for me to organise meetings between Palestinians and Jews from Israel. My method was getting people together to make and talk about art and when they are ready to talk...
Apr 22, 2020 | Interview |
I first met Rayek many years ago when he was the Mayor of the community at Wahat-al-Salam-Neve Shalom (WaSNS) – a unique village in Israel where Israeli Palestinian Arabs and Jewish people live in a shared, equal society. Rayek has lived at WaSNS 36 years and...
Apr 15, 2020 | Book Review |
by NAVA SONNENSCHEIN ‘The Power of Dialogue’ places the Israeli/Palestinian conflict squarely on the table. For many years Israeli Arab Palestinians and Israeli Jewish people have met in the School for Peace (SFP) at Wahat al...
Apr 15, 2020 | Projects |
Standing Together, a grantee of the New Israel Fund launched a new bilingual campaign for businesses in Israel. Dozens of Jewish and Arab businesses, mainly cafes and restaurants around the country, have already joined the campaign and been awarded the “bilingual...
