paul heslop went on to work for the halo trust, in afghanistan, cambodia and kosovo and set up halo usat, where a group of israeli jews and palestinians established a unique peace community, the first of its kind. 0ur witnesses are two of its early pioneers. this is a remarkable picture. tom and feda are 10—year—olds who share a desk at school. they are friends. what is remarkable about it is that feda is an arab, tom a jew. they're the product of a place called neve shalom — it's hebrew for "oasis of peace". the community was formed by four families — one palestinian family and three israeli jewish families. we wanted to try to live in an alternative way. jews and palestinians together, in equality, in one piece of land. i'm dr nava sonnenscheinan, i'm an israelijew, and i came to live in wahat al—salam, neve shalom, in 1979. i'm daoud boulus. i'm a palestinian arab. i'm a resident of wahat al—salam, neve shalom. i'm daoud boulus. i'm a palestinian arab. i'm a resident of wahat al—salam, neve shalom. it was a very small, tiny community, with no trees, no running water, no connection to