British Friends of Neve Shalom ~ Wahat al-Salam
January 2009
Dear Dorit,
On behalf of the British Friends of Neve Shalom Wahat al-Salam, we on the Committee of the British Friends want you to know that we are united with you and all the members of the Village at this difficult time. We can only imagine the tensions that you were living under as the conflict deepened. We all place our hope now in the cease-fire that has been announced by both sides.
We are proud that the Village is a beacon for co-existence and for peaceful methods of conflict resolution in Israel-Palestine and we realise that the work we support there is even more vital today when violence is often the first resort to differences. We know that the children in the Village are receiving the best possible foundation for living with "the other" as they learn each other's language and religious customs and we applaud the groundbreaking work achieved by the School for Peace in teaching non-violent means of conflict resolution, as well as the interfaith work of the Pluralistic Spiritual Centre. The British Friends are in the process of reaching many teachers, educators and community leaders in this country, spreading the methods used at the School for Peace.
We keep you in our thoughts during these days and wish you every blessing during this coming year.
With our best wishes,
Philip Rueff, Chairman
On behalf of the Committee
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