Tour Highlights
• Annual solar lamp donation
• Palestinian village
- meet farmers
• Traditional lunch
• Help communities in need
• Separation Wall
• Settlements
• Jordan Valley
• Palestinian village
- meet farmers
• Traditional lunch
• Help communities in need
• Separation Wall
• Settlements
• Jordan Valley
Tour Details
Thursday, 19 December 2019 SPECIAL DELEGATION with Green Olive Partners |
Length of Tour: | 8 Hours | ||
Tel Aviv Departure: | 6.30 am - HaYarkon 48 Hostel (map) | ||
Jerusalem Departure: | 8.30 am - YMCA, King David Street (map) | ||
Return: | 4.30pm to Jerusalem - 6pm to Tel Aviv | ||
Cost: | From Jerusalem US$75 - REDUCED PRICES (covering our costs only) From Tel Aviv US$110 - |
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Price includes a traditional lunch. Please bring your passport and wear modest clothing. |
Detailed Description
The history of the modern states of the Middle East has not been kind to the once nomadic Bedouin. Borders and increased development make it impossible to move their herds of sheep, goats and camels to the best watering spots and in today's Jordan Valley most live close to the poverty line, without political rights or representation.

Throughout the year, every time someone buys a lamp from our fair trade website, MadeinPeace.com, we donate a lamp. It's not to late to buy another one or two before the trip! This year there have also been an increase in attacks on livestock by hyenas and wild dogs, so included in your ticket price is a contribution towards several high powered torches which we have bought to help scare the animals away.
The tour will begin in Jerusalem, and on your way north you'll pass through the huge suburban settlement of Pizgat Ze'ev (pop. 50,000+) checkpoints, sections of the Separation Wall. Just 10 minutes from the Center of Jerusalem, the differences between the rights of Jewish-Israelis in the settlement of Pizgat Ze'ev and the Muslim residents of the neighbouring Palestinian village of Hizma is quite profound. Your guide will elaborate on this.
Going
north from Jerusalem past the fringes of the Judean desert on the right,
you'll see a mix of Palestinian villages and Israeli settlements,
including the communities of Ofra, Ein Yabrud, Turmas Aya, and Shilo,
the site of Biblical Hebrew settlements and also modern day religious
Zionists.

At this point we will head east into the Jordan Valley. The scenery is beautiful as we descend into the desert. Once at the village of Khirbet Mak-Hul you will meet the locals, hear their stories of endurance in the face of Occupation, and deliver our gifts. The Sheik (tribal leader) Abu Alsabre will welcome you all and a traditional home booked lunch will be provided here. We will all eat together under the glow of lamp light!

We will return to Jerusalem via route 90 and then route 1, and if it is clear you will have views of the Mount of Temptation and the Dead Sea in the distance.