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Bedouin Reality Tour - private tours only - more information and inquiries
9 hours - This tour is serious excursion delving deep into the realities of Bedouin life today, and dispelling the romantic myths surrounding this formerly nomadic people. Most of the Bedouin fled or were expelled after the 1948 war but today number over 165,000 people living in mostly unrecognized villages without basic services such as electricity, water, schools or chrome://foxytunes-public/content/signatures/signature-button.pnghealth clinics. The Israeli government continues to 'encourage' them to leave their traditional lands through demolishing their homes, poisoning their crops, and expropriating their land. more

Bethlehem - every Tuesday more information and reservations
7 hours - The tour will visit holy sites, a refugee camp and hear about life under occupation including the issues of confiscated land and the economic stranglehold that the occupation has placed on the city. The tour illustrates how the city is almost surrounded by Israeli settlements, military zones, and restricted areas, which have turned Bethlehem into an isolated Palestinian population center.more


Back Roads to Ramallah - every Saturday More information and reservations
This tour will take you into the bizarre world of Palestinian transportation issues. Traveling from Bethlehem to Ramallah takes about 20 minutes by car through Jerusalem. However due to the Israeli restrictions on Palestinian movement, the people of Bethlehem and the southern West Bank are forced to travel on a circuitous route to Ramallah which takes about 1 1/2 hours or more, along 'Palestinian Only' roads for most of the trip, and subjected to close scrutiny at several checkpoints. You are invited to share this journey. more

Central West Bank - every Friday more information and reservations
5 hours - This tour covers a wide swath of the Central West Bank but does not enter Area 'A', under the control of the Palestinian Authority. Israelis may come on this tour since military regulations permit travel the West Bank within area 'C' which is under Israeli military and civilian control. International tourists are, of course, also invited. The route of the tour will give participants an understanding of the mechanisms through which Israel retains control over most of the territory captured during the 1967 war. more

Greater Jerusalem - every Monday more information and reservations
3 hours - The tour begins with a half-hour briefing about the issues of land expropriation, division of Palestinian neighborhoods by the 'Separation Barrier', and ongoing home demolitions in the Jerusalem area. These issues are placed within the context of Israel's ongoing defacto annexation of large tracts of land in the West Bank. After the briefing the tour travels to see the facts on the ground: a home demolition site, the Wall in Abu Dis, settlements, Palestinian neighborhoods. Explanatory maps and booklets are available at the tour. more

Hebron & Bethlehem - every Thursday more information and reservations
7 hours - This tour includes holy sites, a refugee camp and the 'Separation Barrier'. From Bethlehem the tour will travel to Hebron passing Israeli settlements and learning about home demolitions and travel restrictions that the Israeli authorities place on Palestinians in the area. The group will visit the Ibrahimi Mosque, and the market where Israeli settler strongholds have squeezed the life out of the formerly thriving area. This unique tour provides an overview of the situation on the ground. more

Jerusalem Black Panthers - Last Friday of the month. More information and reservations
The tour begins at the Daila Center with a short introduction to the history of the Jewish community in the Arab world focusing on its encounter with Zionism and the state of Israel. From there we will walk to Musrara neighborhood, only a 5 minute walk from the center of west Jerusalem on what was until 1967 the “Seam Line” (Israeli-Jordanian border). We will walk around the neighborhood for 2-3 hours learning about its history and the story of the Middle Eastern “Mizrahi” Jew's social struggle. more

Nablus - every Wednesday more information and reservations
7 hours - On the way from Jerusalem to Nablus the tour passes sections of the 'Separation Barrier' and Israeli settlements. Inside Nablus the tour visits the Balata refugee camp and martyr's cemetery, historical sites, the city’s famous market, and the Samaritans village on Mount Grizim. The tour covers ancient and modern times, and the city’s current status as an closed ghetto of the Palestinian Authority. Nablus is virtually completely closed off by Israeli military checkpoints and cars are not allowed into or out of the city without special permits. more

Taybeh Brewery - every Tuesday more information and reservations
4 hours - The micro-brewery is situated in a Christian Palestinian village about 15 kilometers north-east of Jerusalem and was established by two brothers in 1995. The tour travels from Jerusalem through settlements and Palestinian villages giving an overview of the Occupation infrastructure and Separation Wall. At the brewery the group is hosted by the owners' family, a tour of the facility is given, and visitors may sample and purchase beer. more