OVERVIEW – HOW TO ENTER – PRIZES – TERMS AND CONDITIONS ENTRY FORM – VIEW ENTRIES 2012 Travel Writing Competition Entry Many Questions, One Answer – My Day in Hebron by Leena Malik, Canada Who are you? Christian, Muslim or Jew? Consider your answer carefully, because what happens to you at the next checkpoint might be determined by your response. This is how […]
The Travel & Encounter program of the Holy Land Trust provides travel opportunities of all kinds, for all people. They present the Holy Land in a way that is quite unique, unexplored and uninhibited. The tours can be tailored to the individual or the group. Discover what lies behind the scenes in modern day Palestinian […]
Arab and Jewish residents of the Negev (the southern part of Israel) established the Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality in 1997. Its aim is to provide a framework for Jewish-Arab collaborative efforts, in the struggle for civil equality and the advancement of mutual tolerance and coexistence. The Forum is composed by a core of […]
Daila is a unique outreach centre working with the Israeli public and visitors to Israel. Based in Jerusalem, Daila connects progressive and innovative non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and activists. It provides a space that groups and activists can use for public events and relevant activities.Today, the Israeli public is usually subject to restricted and conservative political […]
ATG Alternative Tourism Group and Study Center is a Palestinian NGO based in Beit Sahour specializing in tours and pilgrimages that include critical examinations of the history, culture, and politics of the Holy Land. The organization focuses on Fair Trade in Tourism to support the local community and to offer fact-finding tourists (Academics, Journalists, Church […]
From: The Christian Century – 17th July 1996 by Trudy BushWhile this article is more than a decade old, the issues raised are as relevant today as they were when it was written. Of course in the meanwhile there has also been the 2nd Intifada and the subsequent destruction of Palestinian infrastructure and the strangling […]
Benjamin Barthe • Le Monde 11 July 2008This reporter went on a tour with ToursInEnglish.com A labyrinth of metallic turnstiles, electronic detectors and barbed wire fencing under a roof of sheet metal whitened by the sun of Palestine: it is checkpoint of Huwara, gateway to Nablus, the capital of the northern West Bank, and it […]
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 […]
