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Al Jazeera features Green Olive Tours

Green Olive Tours had the pleasure to host an Al Jazeera television crew on a scheduled tour to Bethlehem and Hebron. It was one of the largest tours of 2011 with over 30 participants. An Israeli and a Palestinian, Fred Schlomka and Samer Kokaly guided the tour, which visited Abraham’s Tomb, the old city of […]

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Park Stickney in Palestine

by Ehud Krinis Park Stickney The Salem village music center near Nablus was visited Saturday, October 15th, 2011, by American jazz harpist Park Stickney http://olgp.comwho is here for the opening of the Jaffa Harp Festival. Festival initiator harpist Sunita Staneslow and her spouse Fred Schlomka of Green Olive Tours informed Park about the Salem center […]

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King Abdullah’s Message to the USA 1947

“As the Arabs see the Jews” His Majesty King Abdullah, The American Magazine November, 1947 From the King Hussein Website Fred’s commentsI was stunned by the rational and carefully considered arguments laid out to the American people in 1947. There are a few points I might take issue with but the overall tone and factual […]

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The Anis Hamadeh Phenomenon

Anis Hamadeh is part of that rare breed known as a renaissance man with heart. He is a singer and a poet, an artist and a journalist, performs satirical comedy, and has an amazing website called Anis Online. Anis Online is a journalistic art website in German, English, French and Arabic with over 2000 pages. […]

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The General’s Son – Miko Peled

Miko Peled is a peace activist who dares to say in public what others still choose to deny. Born in Jerusalem in 1961 into a well known Zionist family, his grandfather, Dr. Avraham Katsnelson was a Zionist leader and signer of the Israeli Declaration of Independence. His Father, Matti Peled, was a young officer in […]

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Mark Thomas – Extreme Rambling

by Mark Thomas – published in the Guardian Travel Section The dubious honour of being the first person to walk the length of Israel‘s barrier in the West Bank, to the best of my knowledge, belongs to, well, me. Admittedly it’s not a hotly contested title. Israel’s massive barrier covered in watchtowers, wire and soldiers […]

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Mousa Abu Maria Speaking Tour

Village of Beit Ummar Mousa Abu Maria has finally been granted permission to exit the Israeli-Occupied West Bank and is now on a speaking tour in France and Belgium with his wife Bekah. Mousa spent many years in Israeli jails and now is a leader of the Palestine Solidarity Project (PSP) in the village of […]

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Is The Occupation Over? What’s Next?

Fred Schlomka First published in Counterpunch –  March 18th, 2011 The demise of the West Bank construction freeze and the emerging building boom is driving the final nails into the coffin of the Palestinian State, at least as previously conceived. If Israelis and Palestinians truly want to see a future based on democracy, justice, and […]

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Christians in Bethlehem

Today I received an email with an important question so I thought to share my answer here. I am confused. Why did the Christian Arabs living in Bethlehem leave?J.N. Before the state of Israel was established, about 20% of the residents of Mandate Palestine were Christian. Many of them fled or were expelled during Israel’s […]

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Fred & Sunita’s 2015 Biking Adventure

Best equipment used on the trip Sponsor in US$ – – Sponsor in EUROS – – Sponsor in UK£ Scroll down for the most recent update about the trip. After 2 years of planning, our 6-month, 10,000 kilometer biking adventure began in May, 2015. Parenting never ends, but our son and daughter were launched towards […]

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Post 29 – 2015 Biking Adventure

by Fred Schlomka – Day 62, 63, 64 & 65 – Scotland2nd – 5th July – Arran – Ardrossan – Barnbrock Farm campsite, near Bridge of Weir – Gartocharn, Loch LomondTotal biked – 1,685 kilometres ( 1,053 miles) It was so nice of Heather to drive us in the van to the port with the […]

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Post 28 – 2015 Biking Adventure

Day 59, 60 & 61- Ireland – Scotland29th & 30th June, 1st July – Larne – Troon – Ardrossan – ArranTotal biked – 1,592 kilometres ( 995 miles) Getting to the ferry was a breeze – basically rolling out of the tent and biking for five minutes. The 2-hour crossing was smooth despite tales of […]

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