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Should Warmongering Win over Peace – Even in Tourism?

By Fred Schlomka –  Shocking News! Green Olive Tours has dropped to number 2 on TripAdvisor, the world’s most widely read travel website. Who has beaten us? You’ll need to take a seat while you digest this. Caliber 3, an Israeli shooting range that describes itself as a “Counter Terror and Security Academy”, has taken […]

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A Brief History of the Ascent of the National-Religious Movements in Israel

By Miri –  During the last Israeli elections in 2013, for the first time in many years, the ultra-orthodox parties, for a long time celebrated as the kingmakers of Israeli politics, did not succeed in forming part of the new government. While many devoted secularists in Israel celebrated the end of the orthodox influence on national […]

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Judaising Acre

By Miri – Until the end of the 1960s Palestinian space in Israel was pretty much neglected by the government and left to the processes of urban disintegration. With the realisation of the high value of real estate, coupled with a growing interest of national-religious settlers to reinstate the Jewish character of the “mixed cities” […]

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Against All Odds: Annual Olive Harvest in Palestine

By Miri – Olive Harvest, Palestine 1886 The annual olive harvest in Palestine used to be a season of joy and festivities. Whole families, including elders and toddlers would gather in the groves and help bring in the crops, eat breakfast together in the shade of the trees, and listen to stories and jokes. In […]

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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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Visit Sebastia!

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 […]

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The Nativity Trail 2012

By Miri – If Mary and Joseph were to embark on their journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem in 2012 their experiences would obviously be very differently. Let’s trace their trail and see what they would discover today and which obstacles they would have to overcome in order to reach Bethlehem. The Separation Barrier around Jenin […]

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The Dead Sea – Looking Beyond its Beauty

By Miri –  The Dead Sea is obviously one of the focal points of tourism in the Holy Land and also Green Olive Tours offers a number of tours which guide you through this area. On a trip organised by Green Olive Tours, however, you will be enabled to look beyond the natural beauty of this […]

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The Struggle of the Communities in South Mount Hebron

By Miri –  It is generally acknowledged that the Israeli settlers in the West Bank live in relative affluence when compared to their Palestinian neighbours. Yet nowhere becomes this contrast more apparent than in the case of the Southern Hebron Hills, an area considered to be one of the poorest of the whole West Bank […]

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The Story of Shuhada Street

This Friday, February 24th, for the third time, the residents of Hebron call upon the international community to stand in solidarity with them and demand the open access to Shuhada Street. In the recent two years for the Global Day of Action to Open Shuhada Street, direct actions and protests took place in Hebron, Israel, […]

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Who’s the Terrorist? Settler Violence and Notions of Safety and Risk in the West Bank

By Miri A lot of the questions that we receive surround the notions of safety and risk in the West Bank. This is not surprising considering that foreign governmental institutions, such as the respective Departments of Foreign Affairs, consulates etc. urge their citizens to refrain from travelling to Gaza and the South of Israel and […]

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Obstacles to Peace – Settlement Expansion in Jerusalem

By Miri It has been widely acknowledged that the building of settlements constitute one of the main obstacles to a solution of the conflict in the Middle East. It has become somewhat of a custom that with each new grand building plan published by the Israeli government, Israel receives a reprehension from the international community, […]

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