"Newe Shalom" (Neve Shalom ~ Wahat al-Salam) is a village of Jewish and Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel on 200 dunams of land on the brow and northern slope of Ras Abu-Murrah. The village is situated predominantly within the area of the 1949-1967 "No Mans' Land" (in the section of the No Man's Land that was controlled by Israel). The rest of the village is completely within Israel's pre-1967 borders.

The land upon which Neve Shalom ~ Wahat al-Salam is now situated was purchased by the monastery in the 1930s. Previous to the sale, it had been in public owership. In 1970, the monastery awarded a leasehold of 400 dunams to Fr. Bruno, for the specific purpose of establishing an Arab - Jewish community. The price of the lease was set at one Lira per annum. Later, in the 1990s, 200 dunams of the original land were given (gratis) by the Monastery into the ownership of the village, and the rest returned to the Monastery.

Copies of the deed and land registration from the British Mandate period may be received from the offices of Neve Shalom ~ Wahat al-Salam (http://nswas.org).

My Carpathian German ancestors were ethnically cleansed (vertrieben) just like yours. I feel your pain and hope that someday you will receive justice.