Neve Shalom
Neve Shalom, also known as Wahat as-Salam is a cooperative village in Israel, 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.
Neve Shalom, also known as Wahat as-Salam is a cooperative village in Israel, 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. The village is located on one of the two Latrun hilltops overlooking the Ayalon Valley, and lies midway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Falling under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council, in 2024 it had a population of 331.
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Worth seeing in and around Neve Shalom
5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Mini Israel
Mini Israel is a miniature park located near Latrun in the Jerusalem District within the Ayalon Valley. Opened in November 2002, the site contains miniature replicas of hundreds of buildings and landmarks in Israel.
2.9 km · miniature park in Israel · Wikipedia - 02Yad La-Shiryon
Yad La-Shiryon is Israel's official memorial site for fallen soldiers from the armored corps, as well as one of the most diverse tank museums in the world. The cornerstone for Yad La-Shiryon was laid on December 14, 1982.
2.3 km · military museum in Latrun, Israel · Wikipedia - 03Canada Park
Canada Park is a national park stretching over 7,000 dunams in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The park is located north of Highway 1, and is situated near the Ayalon Valley, between the Latrun Interchange and Sha'ar HaGai.
2.9 km · Israeli National park · Wikipedia - 04Hatula
Hatula is an early Neolithic archeological site in the Judean hills south of Latrun, beside Nahshon Stream, in Israel, 20 kilometres west of Jerusalem. The site is 15 metres above the riverbed on a rocky slope in an alluvial valley.
1.1 km · archaeological site in Israel · Wikipedia - 05Horvat Eqed
Khirbet el-ʻAqd or Horvat ʻEqed is an archaeological site in the Latrun salient of the West Bank, approximately 22 km northwest of Jerusalem. The site, situated on a hill, contains the ruins of an ancient fortified town dating from the Hellenistic period through the Bar Kokhba Revolt, after which the site was ultimately abandoned.
3.4 km · archaeological site in Judea and Samaria Area, Israel · Wikipedia
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Getting to Neve Shalom
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 23 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 96 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 97 km
- Eilat → Neve Shalom252 km · quickest by road, 5h 25m · ₪105–140
- Amman → Neve Shalom93 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · JD5–7
- El Arish → Neve Shalom136 km · quickest by road, 4h 17m · E£330–435
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No local-transport research exists yet for Neve Shalom
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Neve Shalom. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Neve Shalom
Neve Shalom is 23 km from Jerusalem, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Kfar Uriahuman settlement4 km
- Bayt Jizvillage in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine2.5 km
- Tarumsettlement in Israel3.9 km