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Neve Shalom

Neve Shalom, also known as Wahat as-Salam is a cooperative village in , jointly founded by Israeli Jews and Arabs in an attempt to show that the two peoples can live side by side peacefully, as well as to conduct educational work for peace, equality and understanding between the two peoples.
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  • Type: Village with 265 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Neve Shalom-Wahat Al-Salam”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bayt Susin and Latrun, Trappist monastery.

Ruins
Photo: Avin, CC BY 3.0.
was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, located 17 kilometers southeast of . In 1945, it had 210 inhabitants. The village was depopulated during the 1948 war by the Israeli 7th Brigade.

Monastery
Photo: Yair-haklai, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Memorial
Photo: Avi1111, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Latrun and Taoz.

Photo: Bukvoed, CC BY 2.5.
is a hilltop in overlooking the road between and , 25 kilometers west of Jerusalem. The hill is home to several sights.

Village
Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ta'oz is a moshav in central . Located to the northwest of with an area of 1,500 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 676.

Village
is a kibbutz in central . Located in the Ayalon Valley to the south-west of Modi'in, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 610. is situated 2½ km northwest of Neve Shalom.

Neve Shalom

Latitude
31.81751° or 31° 49′ 3″ north
Longitude
34.97819° or 34° 58′ 42″ east
Population
265
Elevation
290 metres (951 feet)
Open location code
8G3PRX9H+27
Open­Street­Map ID
node 487108814
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
11979758
Wiki­data ID
Q652631
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Neve Shalom” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “واحة السلام”
  • Azerbaijani: “Neve Şalom”
  • Belarusian: “Нэвэ Шалом”
  • Catalan: “Neve Shalom”
  • Czech: “Neve Šalom”
  • Dutch: “Neve Shalom - Wāĥat as-Salām”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “واحة السلام”
  • Esperanto: “Neve’ shalom/Wahat as-Salam”
  • French: “Neve Shalom - Wahat as Salam”
  • German: “Newe Schalom”
  • German: “Wahat al-Salām”
  • Hebrew: “נוה שלום”
  • Hebrew: “נווה שלום”
  • Italian: “Neve Shalom - Wāħat as-Salām”
  • Italian: “Neve Shalom”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Neve Shalom/Wahat al Salam”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Neve Shalom–Wahat al-Salam”
  • Norwegian: “Neve Shalom”
  • Persian: “ناوه شالوم”
  • Polish: “Neve Szalom”
  • Polish: “Newe Szalom”
  • Russian: “Неве-Шалом”
  • Swahili: “Neve Shalom”
  • Swedish: “Neve Shalom/Wahat al Salam”
  • Tagalog: “Neve Shalom”
  • Tagalog: “Oasis ng Kapayapaan”
  • Turkish: “Neve Şalom”
  • Urdu: “نووہ شلوم”
  • Western Panjabi: “نووہ شلوم”

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