HOME | IMC UK | Editorial Guidelines | Mission Statement | About Us | Contact | Help | Support Us

Oxford Indymedia

Peace is Possible - event to support work of peace village in Israel

Elise | 26.08.2004 21:50 | Oxford

Neve Shalom/Wahat al Salam (Oasis of Peace) is a village in Israel established jointly by Jews and Palestinian Arabs of Israeli citizenship and engaged in educational work for peace, equality and understanding between the two peoples.

Sunday September 5th 2004
5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Friends Meeting House, 43 St Giles, Oxford

The Oxford Branch of Neve Shalom/Wahat al Salam (The Oasis of Peace) is holding an evening of storytelling, music and middle-eastern food in support of the work of the village.

Tickets (inc food) £10 (£6 unwaged), children under 11 £5 Tickets from Dorothy Darke, 21 Hyde Place, OX2 7JB Please enclose an sae. Cheques to “OXFORD NS/WaS”

Elise
- e-mail: elise@greenoxford.com
- Homepage: http://www.nswas.com

Comments

Hide the following 4 comments

Awful

27.08.2004 14:53

This Oasis of peace is used by the Israelis for propaganda purposes. While Palestine is being destroyed this 'Oasis' inside Isreal projects an image of Isreal caring for Palestine. Even though those Palestinians who work at the school are treated as lesser humans by the aparthied system. It may be more of a mirage than an oasis.

Educated


info

29.08.2004 13:13

Please give more details to back this accusation.

thanks,

bob mcbob


Info please

31.08.2004 12:35

I'd also like some information to back this up.

The Arab residents of the village that I've met, and the people I know who've visited the village, would be very upset to hear these accusations.

Elise


Answer

31.08.2004 22:29

I have met palestinians who told me it was a mirage. It was a long time ago
that i looked at it. Im pretty sure it recieves financial and vocal support
from the Israeli government. They hold it up as an example of trying to make
peace while most of their investment in education goes elsewhere.

Any one involved in this project should already be aware of such accusations that
are made towards it. Im sure it is a very good and i think more schools should teach
a mixture of Isreali and Palestinian kids - inside isreal- both in Hebrew and Arabic.

People in the Uk should know both the positive and negative sides of these stories. Palestinians are very, very far from being united on certain points. If some of them say this Oasis is really a mirage I think you should at least be aware of this.

Im sure everyone realises Palestinians are second class, to say the least, in the middle east, especialy in isreal. I hope nobody is arguing against this point!

Honest John


Publish your news
-->

Kollektives

Birmingham
Cambridge
Liverpool
London
Oxford
Sheffield
South Coast
Wales
World

Other UK IMCs
Bristol/South West
London
Northern Indymedia
Scotland

Oxford Topics

Afghanistan
Analysis
Animal Liberation
Anti-Nuclear
Anti-militarism
Anti-racism
Bio-technology
Climate Chaos
Culture
Ecology
Education
Energy Crisis
Fracking
Free Spaces
Gender
Globalisation
Health
History
Indymedia
Iraq
Migration
Ocean Defence
Other Press
Palestine
Policing
Public sector cuts
Repression
Social Struggles
Technology
Terror War
Workers' Movements
Zapatista

IMCs


www.indymedia.org

Projects
print
radio
satellite tv
video

Africa

Europe
antwerpen
armenia
athens
austria
barcelona
belarus
belgium
belgrade
brussels
bulgaria
calabria
croatia
cyprus
emilia-romagna
estrecho / madiaq
galiza
germany
grenoble
hungary
ireland
istanbul
italy
la plana
liege
liguria
lille
linksunten
lombardia
madrid
malta
marseille
nantes
napoli
netherlands
northern england
nottingham imc
paris/île-de-france
patras
piemonte
poland
portugal
roma
romania
russia
sardegna
scotland
sverige
switzerland
torun
toscana
ukraine
united kingdom
valencia

Latin America
argentina
bolivia
chiapas
chile
chile sur
cmi brasil
cmi sucre
colombia
ecuador
mexico
peru
puerto rico
qollasuyu
rosario
santiago
tijuana
uruguay
valparaiso
venezuela

Oceania
aotearoa
brisbane
burma
darwin
jakarta
manila
melbourne
perth
qc
sydney

South Asia
india


United States
arizona
arkansas
asheville
atlanta
Austin
binghamton
boston
buffalo
chicago
cleveland
colorado
columbus
dc
hawaii
houston
hudson mohawk
kansas city
la
madison
maine
miami
michigan
milwaukee
minneapolis/st. paul
new hampshire
new jersey
new mexico
new orleans
north carolina
north texas
nyc
oklahoma
philadelphia
pittsburgh
portland
richmond
rochester
rogue valley
saint louis
san diego
san francisco
san francisco bay area
santa barbara
santa cruz, ca
sarasota
seattle
tampa bay
united states
urbana-champaign
vermont
western mass
worcester

West Asia
Armenia
Beirut
Israel
Palestine

Topics
biotech

Process
fbi/legal updates
mailing lists
process & imc docs
tech