A brief analysis of recent Israeli foreign policy: regional summits a year and a half on from the Abraham Accords, plus staying neutral in face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – by Alexander Jones – Israel’s strategic foreign policy goals have always been numerous and complex, if nothing else. As the first quarter of 2022 […]
– by Alexander Jones – Stop me if this sounds familiar. You’re newly arrived in a foreign land. You’ve just stepped off a bus in Tel Aviv and need to get outside, eat a meal and find your hotel. The only thing between you and a soft pillow is the daunting maze that is the […]
– by Alexander Jones and Mohammad Barakat – Chances are you have heard recently that Israeli Prime-Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has plans to annex the Jordan Valley. The idea was given a massive boost from both the 2020 Israeli election results and the ‘Peace to Prosperity’ plan revealed by US President Donald Trump. Annexation is now […]
– by Alexander Jones – To celebrate the launch of our tours in Hebrew to the Ajami neighbourhood in the south of Jaffa, we’re reviewing the immensely popular 2009 film of the same name. The film tells the interconnected tales of a dozen or so Ajami residents who all battle the various social challenges which […]
Echoing the 2013 Academy Awards, when both an Israeli and a Palestinian film were nominated for the ‘Best Documentary’ Oscar, in 2021 we again have two films from our the-land-of-Green-Olive going head-to-head. This year, Farah Nabulsi’s The Present and Tomer Shushan’s White Eye are among the five films up for an Oscar in the ‘Best […]
The Jordan Valley and today’s political boundaries – by Alexander Jones and Mohammad Barakat – Chances are you have heard recently that Israeli Prime-Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has plans to annex the Jordan Valley. The idea was given a massive boost from both the 2020 Israeli election results and the ‘Peace to Prosperity’ plan revealed by […]
– by Alexander Jones, Green Olive VP – Let’s begin with a big ‘thank you’, a giant ‘toda’ and a huge ‘shoukran’. Our Kickstarter campaign to fund the second film in our Homeland Insecurity series was an overwhelming success and with your support, we raised over US$11000. Keeping in mind there are a lot of […]
When we started this series, the initial idea was that we’d end up with a list of film recommendations which would educate and entertain the Green Olive community on issues related to Israel and Palestine. No movie is perfect, but the concept was that each blog post would be about a good film worth watching. […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
