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– by Fred Schlomka – 19/2/2023 During February and March 2023, Green Olive Managing Partner Fred Schlomka cycled across part of the the Middle East, through a region marked by division, segregation, and political tension. His journey crosses many regional boundaries and borders that reflect a tense history. Fred’s observations and reflections are a snapshot […]
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– by Alexander Jones – 1/2/2023 Since 2019 when diplomatic relations were normalised between the UAE and Israel, half a million Israelis have visited the Emirates. In 2022, non-oil trade passed the US$2 billion mark in October. You can read more about these prior developments in our blog articles about normalisation, but looking to the […]
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– 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 […]
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Green Olive Partners Fred Schlomka and Yamen Elabed spend two full days touring the film crew around Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Hebron. Click the video below to view what’s on TV in Hong Kong. 【活在危城】復國還是掠奪？ 以巴平民：我們只想和平共存 | 蘋果日報 | 果籽 | 旅遊 | 20190121 This is a part of NextMedia 蘋果日報 | APPLE DAILY 登入 香港 台灣 […]
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By Yahav Zohar – September 2015 – For the last few days fine dust has replaced much of the air in parts of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel-Palestine. Media has referred to it as a dust-storm, and responded mostly with photos of pedestrians in surgical masks, set against the yellow-grey apocalyptic sky-scape. Photo: NASA But […]
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by Hannah Barkan – Wadi Qelt, also known as the Prat River, is a beautiful oasis of waterfalls and towering rocks, located deep inside the Jordan Valley, just outside the West Bank city of Jericho. Impossibly hot in the summer and suffering from flash floods in the winter it is not always possible to hike […]
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By Miri – The myth that people with disabilities travel less than the general population is slowly being dismantled as the demand for accessible travel services globally steadily increases. Research shows that the value of the inclusive tourism sector in 2008 was at no less than 11%, and should now be even higher. As such, […]
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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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By Miri – Many people believe that Palestine/Israel is an unsafe place to travel and a lot of foreign embassies and consulates caution about visiting a region that is seemingly always at the verge of a new eruption of violent conflict.Most of the times locals will however tell you that it is completely save to […]
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These travel tips are in no particular order but are added according to the whim of the moment by Green Olive Staff. We hope you find them useful. 1. When arriving at the Tel Aviv airport, make sure you dress well. Nothing perks up the interest of the airport security staff like a scruffy single person […]
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By Miri – We have already addressed the topic of general safety and risk when travelling in Palestine and Israel in a number of posts on this blog. What we have not written about yet, are the specific concerns of women solo travellers, a lacunae that we want to fill now. We will mainly be […]
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By Miri – Last week I wrote about crossing the border and entering the Holy Land. That’s however only half of the story; eventually you will have to leave again and I feel it’s worthwhile to also give some advice as to how to depart without unnecessarily calling the attention of Israeli security to you […]
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