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Palestine/Israel: Prospects for Peace with Justice

  • Jerusalem Airport, Israel
  • Culture & Nature
Israel, Palestinian National Authority

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from $2,600* per person11 DaysJuly
Comfort accommodations Exertion level: 3
Operator: Global Exchange Reality Tours 12 people max
As U.S. taxpayers, we play a big role in perpetuating the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. The United States gives over $3 billion annually to Israel in military aid, which is primarily used to continue its 40 year old Occupation of Palestinian Territories. The Bush Administration's alliance with the administration of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has resulted in unprecedented violence. The US and Israel's role in dictating internal Palestinian politics and fueling a growing rift between Fatah and Hamas has brought about the near-total collapse of any viable peace process.

At Global Exchange, we believe the root of violence in the region is caused by the Occupation and the complete disregard of international law and UN resolutions. We believe if U.S. citizens truly understood the reality of what is happening in the region, and were exposed to the amount of dialogue that even the Israeli public is exposed to, we would be able to begin to pressure our government to change its one-sided policies toward Israel.

Our fact-finding delegations to Palestine & Israel strive to further the U.S. public's understanding of the conflict and the region's realities by giving people first-hand exposure to the human rights abuses occurring in the Occupied Territories. Participants have the opportunity to hear a diverse spectrum of Palestinian and Israeli voices and learn about their understanding of the conflict and hopes for a solution.

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Israel, Palestinian National Authority

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Itinerary

Day 1
    Arrival
    Take a shared taxi service (sherut) and drive to Jerusalem
    Dinner in Jerusalem Hotel
    Overnight in Jerusalem hotel

Day 2
    Tour in the old city of Jerusalem
    Tour with former ICHAD (Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions) employee
    Meeting with a representative from PGFTU (Palestine General Federation of Trade Union)
    Dinner & Overnight at Elbeit Guesthouse

Day 3
    Drive to Beir Zeit University. Tour the campus and talk to students
    Drive to Bilin, and meet with the Friends of Freedom and Justice Society
    Lunch in Bilin
    Drive to Ramallah and meeting with a prisoner’s rights organization
    PLO Rehab and Disability Center
    Tour in Ramallah and view Arafat's headquarter and the destruction inflicted by the Israelis
    Dinner & Overnight at Elbeit Guesthouse

Day 4
    Meeting with B’Tselem, an Israeli human rights center in West Jerusalem
    Meeting with the Palestinian Governor of Jerusalem
    Meet with displaced families
    Tour in the East Side of Jerusalem
    Dinner & Overnight at Elbeit Guesthouse

Day 5
    Meeting and tours around all the Hebron settlements
    Lunch in Hebron
    Meet with the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee
    Visit the Ibrahimi Mosque and observe the settlements down town in Hebron
    Christian Peacemaker Team
    Visit the Kafiya factory in Hebron
    Meet with Combatants for Peace
    Drive to Bethlehem for dinner and overnight in Elbeit Guesthouse

Day 6
    Meeting with the Palestinian Center for Rapprochement between People
    Visit Alternative Information Center
    Visit Church of Nativity
    Lunch
    Visit Deheishe Refugee Camp with tour and meet with families
    Meeting with Joint Advocacy Initiative and talk about Kairos Palestine
    Dinner and Overnight with local families in Beit Sahour

Day 7
    Sawt el-Amel (Voice of the Worker)
    Visit unrecognized Arab village in Ein Hod
    Haifa and Meeting with Itejah
    Drive to Nazareth and visit an Arab Israeli family who lost a Shaheed in the recent Intifada
    Visit Church of Annunciation
    Overnight at St. Margaret’s Hostel in Nazareth

Day 8
    Drive to Jenin
    Meet with Jenin Freedom Theatre and Tour the Camp
    Drive to Nablus
    Visit Al-Najah University and have lunch there
    Visit Samaratian Cmmunity
    Tour in the Old City of Nablus
    Dinner and Overnight in Nablus

Day 9
    Observe closely the building of the apartheid wall by the Israelis in Palestinian city of Qalqilya. Spend some time in Jayyous, talk to the villagers
    Drive to village of Mas-ha and meet with a family
    Continue to Bethlehem
    Dinner and overnight in Elbeit Gursthouse

Day 10
    Tour the destroyed Village in the area of Deir Yasseen in Jerusalem
    Who Profits from Occupation
    Dinner and overnight in guesthouse

Day 11
Departure

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