If you are reading this in April 2020, there’s a good chance you’re among the 2 billion people stuck inside right now to help contain the spread of the corona virus. It can be dull, but there is no better time than now to engage with high quality, thought provoking films! Green Olive is producing […]
– by Yahav Zohar – Is Netanyahu using Coronavirus as cover for a Coup? Israelis protest against Bibi In 1968, a few months after the Israeli army had conquered the West Bank and Gaza and once it became clear the government intended to keep these territories under military rule, Professor Yeshayahu Leibowitz wrote a now […]
Congratulations to Ilaria Ruzza, winner of the Green Olive photography competition with this shot, taken in Hebron, “Wired Borders Displaced Identity”. She won a US$300 cash prize, well done! Second and third places won free places on a Green Olive day tour, worth up to US$150 each. They were claimed by Debbie Sawers and Guzele […]
– By Ken Toltz –A section of an article first published in the Times of Israel. I can wholeheartedly recommend investing in peace, co-existence, greater understanding and a better life for the next generation by supporting Green Olive Tours. Native of Scotland Fred Schlomka founded a new concept for visitors seeking safe, informative and thought-provoking […]
Sign up here for Early Bird Kickstarter notification for our next film: Part 2: Jerusalem Revealed Our Kickstarter Campaign will be launched by the end of April 2020 and you will be one of the lucky people to be notified early to support the next film, and take advantage of Early Bird Perks. This second […]
– by Yahav Zohar – On 10 September 2019 (a week before the 2nd 2019 Israeli elections) Israeli prime minister Netanyahu announced his plan to annex the Jordan Valley, standing in front of a map incorrectly noting the location of some Israeli settlements and omitting several Palestinian villages. The next day, there was condemnation from […]
One of the best and most challenging tours which Green Olive offers is our weekly Silwan-City of David tour. You can read more about the tour at this page. In the past month, Green Olive senior Israeli guide Yahav Zohar led two successful and challenging guide seminars around the archeological site and the largely Palestinian […]
– by Yahav Zohar – ‘No’, said the policeman, ‘you can’t come through’. ‘But we live here, we need to get home’. ‘The whole area’s closed. If you wait here maybe I can get someone to escort you home in 15 or 20 minutes.’ It was cold, we were hungry, my daughter was crying. The […]
– by Alexander Jones – This month, for the first time since 1892, the inauguration of a new, direct rail connection from Jaffa to Jerusalem was celebrated. Admittedly today Jaffa is known as Tel Aviv-Yafo, and the new train line doesn’t go as close to the historic centres of either city as the original […]
Voting for the photography competition is now closed. Thank you to all who entered and to those who voted. We are counting the votes and will announce a winner soon! Watch this space… Entry number 1: David Mivasair – House of Love and Peace Entry number 2: John Isner – The wall separating a Jewish […]
