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Wall Graffiti in Bethlehem

Fred SchlomkaOne of the most interesting aspects of any Bethlehem tour is seeing the grafitti on the Israeli West Bank Barrier which almost completely surrounds the city. Whether you take a guided tour or a public bus, wandering around the neighborhoods where the wall is ever present is truly a profound experience. The grafitti generally […]

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Settler Roads on Ramallah Tour

Fred SchlomkaIt’s amazing how something as banal as roads can become a major political issue. On some of my tours I show the visitors the major four-lane highways that Israel is crisscrossing the West Bank with, for the convenience of settlers. These are contrasted with the small, often steep and narrow roadsbeing built for Palestinians […]

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Dahab Sinai Retreat

Fred Schlomka For the next few days I’ll be working from a Bedouin Tent on the beach of Dahab, on the east coast of the Sinai Peninsula. The tent is equipped with broadband wireless internet which makes it convenient to update the web site, post to the blog, email, and internet phone calls. Of course […]

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Taglit Birthright

Fred SchlomkaA convergence happened today that convinced me that ToursInEnglish.com was on the right track. Two young men who had completed the Taglit Birthright program reunited at an event through their participation in our tours.One of them took the Hebron tour yesterday and heard from the guide about the Friday demonstration at Bi’ilin, a West […]

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Renaissance in Ramallah

Fred SchlomkaRamallah, in contrast to East Jerusalem’s decline, has become the center of Palestinian Arab culture and economic growth. With investments from the Gulf States, and a renewed cash flow in the Palestinian Authority, the city is experiencing a construction boom, and cultural renaissance.The Palestinian Authority has 30,000 new affordable housing units planned during the […]

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Jerusalem Tour . . . . for one

Fred SchlomkaYesterday I received a call from a lady while I was driving in to Jerusalem. She was interested in a private Jerusalem tour and I just happened to have a few hours available in the afternoon. This young woman had just completed a United Jewish Appeal (UJA) tour of Israel and wanted some balance […]

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Jericho in style – Intercontinental Hotel

by Fred Schlomka –My wife and I needed a weekend off so we took the kids and headed off to the Intercontinental Hotel in Jericho. Palestinian President Yasser Arafat built it in the heyday of the Oslo era, complete with a casino that attracted droves of Israelis in the mid-nineties. However it was closed for […]

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Redlining & the Israeli Real Estate Industry

First published as an OP-ED in the Baltimore Sun in 2006, then withdrawn from their website after protests from Zionists in the Baltimore area. by Fred Schlomka – The recent Israeli elections were followed by a number of pronouncements by US officials praising democracy in Israel. However democracy is much more than elections, and many […]

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