AUTUMN STUDY TOUR TO ISRAEL, PALESTINE & JERUSALEM

November 2008

2008 marks 60 years since the state of Israel was established. It also commemorates 60 years of displacement for the Palestinian people.

 

In order to strengthen the voice of the international community, the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) and Experience Travel Tours (ETT) encourage people to visit the Occupied Territories and Israel to be an eye-witness to the situation on the ground. No amount of reading, attending lectures or watching films can convey an accurate understanding of the “facts on the ground”, which are crucial to any program of advocacy. Our study tours bring visitors to meet with key people from both sides of the divide examining several aspects of life today in Israel, Jerusalem and Palestine. The tours provide a unique opportunity to gain first-hand, in-depth knowledge of some of the latest analysis.

 

• A ten-day study tour will take place in November.
• Be based in Bethlehem, giving support to the community imprisoned behind the Wall. Also stay in Jerusalem.
• Day trips visiting Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Hebron, Ramallah and villages in the Occupied Territories. Experience the olive harvest.
• Be guided by ICAHD’s staff and receive the latest political analysis.
• Also meet other organisations such as Women in Black, Machsom Watch, Sabeel, Breaking the Silence and Zochrot. Visit with local people.

Cost per person sharing a twin-bedded room is £900 including flights from Heathrow, the full tour programme, three-star hotel rooms with private facilities on half-board (bed, breakfast and evening meal), tour guides and tips. Not included: lunches, supplement for single room (£120), insurance. Separate land fee available.

To receive an application form contact tours@icahduk.org.

 

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Clinicians’ Study Tour to Palestine & Israel

 10 Days in November 2008

See the situation on the ground and receive expert analysis from Palestinians and Israelis who work for a just and sustainable peace.

Visit 8 hospitals and 2 community-based services and compare treatment offered to Israelis and Palestinians. Hear first-hand accounts from patients and staff on how checkpoints, the wall, home demolitions and the restriction of supplies affect their lives and health. Hear about health in prisons and torture.

Stay in Bethlehem, Gaza and East Jerusalem and visit the Old City of Jerusalem, Hebron, Nablus and Ramallah. See the evidence for yourself then discuss the facts and theories with some of the best placed and most informed individuals in the region and in the company of a varied and supportive peer-group.

A humanitarian element to the tour will enable participants to give seminars and to offer donations. Participants will also help provide treatment in selected clinics according to their professional training. All clinicians are very welcome, but those with a background in orthopaedics, oncology, cardiology and paediatrics are particularly needed.

Applications will be considered by clinicians from the UK who have experience in travelling to Israel and Palestine. A meeting will be held in London to prepare participants and another will be held after the return to share thoughts and to follow up issues.

The tour costs £1085 and is being coordinated with Physicians for Human Rights – Israel, the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, Dove & Dolphin Charity and the Foundation for Al-Quds Medical School. For more information please contact tours@icahduk.org.