Family members: 5 ( 2 adults, 2 Girls and 1 Boy)
Address: YMCA street- Beit Sahour
Phone number: 2746186
Mobile: 0568676744- 0568676799
Guest privacy: yes
Internet access: yes
Minutes by car to the city center: 5
Minutes by walking to the city center: 20
Minutes from the city center to the university by using public transfer: 10-15
Minutes by walking from the city to the university: 30-60
Family members:4 (2 adults and 2 Boys)
Address: Waad Abu Saada street- Beit Sahour
Phone number: 2775221
Mobile: 0598911616
Guest privacy: yes
Internet access: yes
Minutes by car to the city center: 2
Minutes by walking to the city center: 3
Minutes from the city center to the university by using public transfer: 20
Minutes by walking from the city to the university: 30
Family members:4 (2 adults, 1 Boy and 1 Girl)
Address: Beit Sahour
Phone number: 2774380
Mobile: 0569220088
Guest privacy: yes
Internet access: yes
Minutes by car to the city center: 2
Minutes by walking to the city center: 5
Minutes from the city center to the university by using public transfer: 10
Minutes by walking from the city to the university: 30
Family members: 6 (2 adults,3 Girls and 1 Boy)
Address: Al Malwi street- Beit Sahour
Phone number: 2774164
Mobile: 0599760221
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Guest privacy: yes
Internet access: yes
Minutes by car to the city center: 5
Minutes by walking to the city center: 10
Minutes from the city center to the university by using public transfer: 20
Minutes by walking from the city to the university: 30
Family members: 2 adults
Address: Al hatoom street- Beit Sahour
Phone number: 2774736
Mobile: 0597822500
Guest privacy: yes
Internet access: yes
Minutes by car to the city center: 2
Minutes by walking to the city center: 5
Minutes from the city center to the university by using public transfer: 20
Minutes by walking from the city to the university: 60
ABRAHAM’S CHILDREN IN CONTEMPORARY PALESTINE & ISRAEL
JULY 14-27, 2018
TOUR CONCEPT
The tour explores narratives from Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Samaritan, Druze and Bahá’í communities. It will begin in Jerusalem and move to Bethlehem, Hebron, Ramallah, Nablus, the Golan Heights, Nazareth, Haifa and Tel Aviv.
TOUR PRICE
14-Day Tour: July 14-27, 2018
$2400/person: 20 participants
$2650/person: 16 participants
$3000/person: 12 Participants
For a single-occupancy room, add $550.
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL: Oh, YES!
Register and pay the deposit of $500 by February 16, 2018 and receive a $100 discount.
PRICE INCLUDES: *Accommodations in tourist-class hotels or guesthouses *Private tour bus *All group meals *All entrance fees, service charges and local taxes *Pre-tour information packet *Tips for hotel staff, guides and drivers *Licensed guides fluent in English, Arabic and Hebrew *Honoraria for speakers.
PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE: *Airfare *Personal expenses *Private meals *Travel insurance and *Passport.
CO-SPONSORS
Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA)
Middle East Task Force (PCUSA)
Seraj Children’s Library Project (Palestine)
Siraj Center for Holy Land Study (Palestine)
It was a very interesting trip, and I got a better insight into the way people have to live in Palestine. We arrived in Bethlehem at 5am, but as I could not sleep, I went walking in the town on Saturday morning. I was very taken with the liveliness of the streets, and the friendliness of the people in a part of the world I had never visited before. We had a tour of Bethlehem and its surroundings with Dr. Qumsiyeh. We saw settlements, demolished buildings, walls of course and Israeli checkpoints. The size of some of the walls came as a shock. I am interested in the environment and I found Dr. Qumsiyeh's work in this regard interesting.
Once again, the Siraj Center helped organize a memorable tour of Occupied Palestine and Israel territories for eight Canadian citizens of different backgrounds. The group had the opportunity to visit unique historical sights. They came with expectations to see and experience the reality of the Palestine/Israel issues and hear informed points of view from all sides. The packed two week schedule certainly met and exceeded their most optimistic expectations.
The participants of the Abraham Children’s Tour listened to and interacted with many diverse people within the Holy Land. They heard their stories, experienced local traditions, traveled to unique sites and gained an in-depth understanding of the realities that the people in this disputed land live on.
Below are testimonies of two of the group’s participants.
“This has been the most eye-opening experiences of my life. For my entire life, I have lived in America protected from what threatens other nations, but also isolated and ignorant of other people. I am so grateful for this tour. At my age, it is about time to have a life changing experience.” She is 68 years old!
June 11th - Our first morning in Tel Aviv, we headed to the neighborhood of Shapira, which has long been a poor and ethnically diverse area of the city. With a local resident of Shapira we walked around the streets, met people from the Mizrahi Jewish and African migrant communities. We met a group of young Israeli students and recent graduates, who told us about their backgrounds and about the question of military service in Israel. Some of them refused to serve and were even jailed.
The next day, we were guided by Jaffa historian and community leader Sami Abu Shahadeh. We explored the story of a Palestinian city that was transformed by the birth of Israel. In Jaffa’s old town we met Arab residents who can still remember the events of the mid-20th century.
As the fragile 12-hour ceasefire between Hamas and Israel has come into effect earlier this morning, approximately 1100 people have been brutally killed by the Israeli attacks onto the civilian population in Gaza. The horrendous images on TV and social networks show the graphic mutilation of innocent children’s bodies and devastation to people’s lives and homes.
In the strongest possible language, we condemn the attacks and bloodshed on innocent Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. We send our condolences to Gaza. Every family has been affected either by either injuries or death of family members, or destruction to homes and property. No one has been untouched.
We believe that only justice leads to peace. We call on Israel to comply with international law by ending its occupation of Gaza and the West Bank - including Jerusalem. Until this is achieved, we kindly ask you to comply with the Palestinian civil society call to action including via boycotts, divestment, and sanctions. See: bdsmovement.net