2012 Travel Writing Competition Entry Baking for Peaceby Shelly Lac, UK The old sea port of Jaffa, a short walk from the bustle of downtown Tel Aviv is a beautiful, peaceful escape from the urban jungle. Its maze of narrow streets is full of artists’ studios, shops and restaurants tucked in stone passageways that are cool […]
By Natalie Weinstock (11 April 2008 Yidiot Achronot – Israel) The recently concluded Passover holiday in Israel includes the Jewish traditions of deep housecleaning, visiting family, avoiding bread, and commemorating the liberation from bondage in Egypt. However the holiday also involves going out with the masses of Israelis to tour, either to sightsee in Eretz […]
This list of websites, books, articles and scholarly papers has been compiled from recommendations of the staff of Green Olive Tours, and from a wide spectrum of colleagues who mostly live in Israel and Palestine.This list includes: Excellent writers Relatively objective writing Wide variety of perspectives and opinions Reasoned advocacy from the left and right […]
Index of Maps Political Geography Series of maps showing evolution of the Occupation of Palestine Download series of 17 maps. (10.5 MB) Jerusalem Settlements Palestinian Archipelago British Mandate 1920-1948 Theodore Hertzl’s Map of the Jewish State Ottoman Palestine Shrinking Map of Palestine Historical Maps – 970BCE – 1967CE Land Distribution – 1946-2000 Practical Maps […]
By DAVID KAUFMAN and MARISA S. KATZPublished: April 16, 2006 (NY Times) LIKE many Middle Eastern deluxe hotels, the Jacir Palace InterContinental is an exercise in Ottoman-era ostentatiousness, with an elegant, filigreed facade and soaring domed ceilings. Yet upon pulling back our suite’s curtains, it became instantly apparent that the Jacir was anything but a […]
June 30, 2008, Oakland Ross, Middle East Bureau, TheStar.com RAMALLAH, WEST BANK–Basem Khoury eventually abandoned the idea of trying to support his family by selling spices and coffee out of a shop in East Jerusalem. He began casting around for a better business model and hit on a plan with three vital components. First, he […]
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➞ Back to Index of Maps. In his Complete Diaries, Vol. II. p. 711, Theodor Herzl, the founder of Zionism, says that the area of the Jewish State stretches: “From the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates.” Rabbi Fischmann, member of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, declared in his testimony to the U.N. Special Committee […]
2012 Travel Writing Competition Entry 3rd Place – $25 prizeFrom the judge, Sarah Irving.Alice’s powerful portrayal of the weekly protests against the Separation Wall at Bil’in gave a vivid sense of the violence to which Palestinian and international demonstrators are regularly subjected, but also the inspiring co-operation and solidarity which has made these protests famous around the world. Teargassed in […]
