PALESTINE - ISRAEL - JORDAN - SINAI

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Palestinians have every right to reject another Oslo

With the Bahrain workshop, the Trump administration is relying on the same old Oslo model of economy before politics. What needs to be done is to hold Israel accountable. – by Sam Bahour – American President Donald Trump speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and advisor Jared Kushner at the White House, May 22, […]

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Palestinian cities are ghost towns between settlements, on Google Maps

 The notorious, massive Qalandiya checkpoint lies in the center area surrounded by three roundabouts. Qalandiya is the scene of relentless ethnic control, murders by the IDF, violently suppressed protests, and a major cause of the impossibility of normal civilian life and movement. On GoogleMaps, the checkpoint does not exist. – by Tom Suàrez, of Mondoweiss […]

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Writers Wanted

We pay for all articles accepted. Please take a good look through the blog before responding. Our articles are intended to deepen the understanding of visitors to the country, and also be interesting for people who are “armchair tourists” or just doing some research on the internet. . Articles should be original and short. 6-800 […]

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Through the Looking Glass in the Holy (Occupied) Land

By Chema Arraiza – Winter is the time to fly South. I make a small trip to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Am lucky enough to enjoy the company of Mohamed Barakat from Green Olives and other knowledgeable persons who help me learn more about the region. During the few days am there am […]

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Green Olive Tours: How to Offer Tourists an Alternative Vision

By Amelie Phillipson –  In Israel, tourism is usually orientated towards visiting the Holy Sites by religious pilgrims, or to the image of long sandy beaches in Tel Aviv, Eilat and by the Dead Sea. Yet it also happens that travelers are curious to find out how people live and how a country works, to […]

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Everybody Is Equal, but Some Are More Equal

By Marianna Hillmer-Wiechmann – Marianna Hillmer-Wiechmann went on our Hebron Tour, and managed to capture some of her impressions of the horrific reality there in word and image (for the original article in German, see here). A few thousand soldiers are based in Hebron in order to protect a few hundred residents – that’s the […]

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Memories of a Day in Bethlehem

by Neil GunnI was looking forward to my first visit to Bethlehem so it was particularly good, on that September morning, to leave my depressing Jerusalem hotel room and head off into the early sunshine. The Jaffa Road was coming to life and the ‘ting ting’ sound of the Jerusalem Light Railway could be heard […]

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And then there’s that Wall…

By Marianna Hillmer-Wiechmann – Marianna Hillmer-Wiechmann went on our Greater Jerusalem Tour and on our Hebron and Bethlehem Tour. In this article (for the German original see here) she puts her impressions into word and image. It does not take long to get from Jerusalem to the Wall. This huge wall, that Israel has built […]

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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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Letter from a friend

This email was received from Gaye Paterson (USA) who kindly gave permission to share her thoughts with you. Dear Fred, You are a very special person taking on this adventure. Sadly I see the politics of Israel getting more and more right wing and now this dangerous proposal of the “Loyalty Oath”. I loved your […]

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