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– By Ken Toltz –A section of an article first published in the Times of Israel. I can wholeheartedly recommend investing in peace, co-existence, greater understanding and a better life for the next generation by supporting Green Olive Tours. Native of Scotland Fred Schlomka founded a new concept for visitors seeking safe, informative and thought-provoking […]
You too can enter the writing competition – Entry page at this link >>______________________________Olives and Occupation – by Lesley Mannering, Australia – I don’t normally even go to the shops alone, so my friends and were shocked when I told them I was off to Palestine, by myself. Going was THE best thing I ever […]
You too can enter the writing competition – Entry page at this link >>______________________________ No Peace Under the Olive Tree – by Anna Walczyk – Poland For over a dozen years, every time I travel to the Middle East, and in particular to Israel and Palestine, I hear the sentence “no peace under the olive […]
2019 Writing Competition – by Sue Beardon – Rutie Atsmon, an Israeli, brings together young Jewish Israelis with Palestinians, to talk peace, produce newsletters, organise workshops. She asked “Have you been to Israel?” I replied that I hadn’t, never wanted to, hadn’t felt it was anything to do with me. “You should come,” she said. […]
– by Alexander Jones – Sultan Abdul Hamid II became the ruler of the Ottoman Empire on the 31st of August, 1876. 25 years later, to celebrate his silver jubilee, 144 clock towers were built in important cities throughout the empire. Celebratory towers were built from Tipoli (modern day Libya) to Damascus (modern day Syria), […]
– by Alexander Jones – Most people visit places associated with miracles and spirituality on a trip to the Holy Land. Regardless of your own faith, this list presents the ten most beautiful religious sites which you can visit on your next trip to Israel and Palestine. 10. Abuhav Synagogue (Safed – also known as […]
By Miri – When we think of the abundance of historical and religious sites in Palestine/Israel, we usually think of the majestic cities of Jerusalem or Bethlehem, while other places, especially the smaller ones in the West Bank (not to mention those in the basically inaccessible Gaza region) are by and large ignored. The lack […]
By Miri – Notwithstanding massive uprooting to enable settlement expansion and the concomitant building of infrastructure through the Israeli government, the olive tree is still one of the most prominent features in the landscapes of Palestine.To some, the olive tree may seem like an ordinary tree, maybe not even a particularly beautiful one, yet to […]
by Fred Schlomka – My wife Sunita is leaving soon for an extended performing and teaching tour in the USA, so we decided to take a weekend off and spend some time together. For some time I had been wanting to visit the village of Al Aqaba in the north-eastern West Bank, and since they […]
By Miri Today, May 15th marks Nakba Day. Nakba means “catastrophe“ in Arabic and refers to 1) the events that took place during the war of 1947/1948, usually referred to by the Jewish-Israel discourse as the War of Independence, during which an estimated number of 750,000 Palestinians were expelled and/or fled from their homes and […]
By Miri “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. In the same way […]
By Miri Graffiti is not a phenomenon that came up with the emergence of hip hop culture. It is definitely not a Western or a modern appearance, in fact it is a global practice that can be traced back to ancient times. If you think about it, cave paintings can be considered graffiti as well, […]
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