Jerusalem Alternative Tours

13/11/2024

Strategic Advocacy Briefing 🫒✨📢
Webinar on Sunday, November 17th at 1PM ET

In this time of ongoing anguish it is often difficult to know what we can do to express our solidarity and tangibly support Palestinians facing displacement, mass eviction, and unprecedented state violence.

Bringing their decades of advocacy and expertise in human rights organizing to bear, Sam Bahour and Fred Schlomka will speak with us about meaningful and urgent ways we can act strategically in support of besieged Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank.

29/10/2024

The Green Olive Fund is now in 'soft launch' mode which helps fund international advocacy campaigns and solidarity work on the ground, assisting besieged Palestinian villages and farmers. Be among the first to give.

Support Palestinian and global solidarity campaigns that sustain communities in the face of military violence, land expropriation, and settler attacks in the West Bank. Examples of high priority projects include:✔ REPLANTING 10,000 olive saplings after arson attacks by settlers. ✔ REHABILITATING...

27/10/2024

Make no mistake. Genocide is well underway. This important article by Idan Lando demonstrates the evil that is unfolding:

- "Look at these two pictures. They were taken on the same day, October 21, 2024. On the right you see a convoy of displaced persons, actually women and children, taken in the destroyed Jabaliya camp. The men (over the age of 16) separately, raise a white flag and their identity cards. They are on their way out. On the left you see the Sukkot camp set up by the "Nachla" movement near Kibbutz Bari, in preparation for Jewish settlement in Gaza, an event that was honored by 21 ministers and MKs from the right. They are on their way inside (Gaza)

Full article by Idan Lando (use Google translate): https://idanlandau.com/

12/05/2024

You are all encouraged to attend the online Joint Memorial Day Ceremony, when Israelis and Palestinians, Arabs and Jews, come together to mourn their dead.

Presented by Combatants for Peace, and the Parents Circle - Families Forum. Their door is open to anyone who is bereaved and believes that dialogue is the only way we will be able to stop the cycle of death and violence and reach peace. We, who know the extent of this pain intimately, are here for you.

Register for the Joint Memorial Day Ceremony:
https://shorturl.at/ahD37

Pete said it best. Different time. Different place. Same message.
https://youtu.be/1y2SIIeqy34?si=c4Q00hQCfhNjcPbh

22/03/2024

Join me tomorrow on a solidarity walk in Shetland to promote a ceasefire in Gaza and a just peace.

Join us for a day of walking in solidarity with the folk of Gaza.

15/02/2024

Lifta لفتا📍

Last week we joined with Umar Al-Ghubari of Zochrot for a tour of Lifta, a village that since antiquity has acted as an opening to Jerusalem and whose Palestinian residents were expelled in 1948. We learned about the vibrant life of the village and visited it's still visible mosque, olive press, and villas.

04/02/2024

Ein Karem עין כרם عين كارم📍

Ein Karem, where John the Baptist is believed to have been born, is known today for it's boutique hotels and cafes. Featured below is a map of the village created by the families of residents of Ein Karem who were expelled to Jordan in 1948. It depicts the Arabic place names and streets of the village.

31/01/2024

Beit Ummar 📍

This week we visited Beit Ummar in Area B of the occupied West Bank. The olive tree below is said to be over 1,000 years old by locals and represents their rootedness and their resilience despite recent military raids and road closures.

30/01/2024

Serving In The Gaza Strip 🚨
Webinar on Sunday, February 4th 🫒
Register here 👉 https://greenolivetours.com/online-events/serving-in-the-gaza-strip/

Join the Green Olive Collective with Extend and Benzion Sanders to discuss how his experience serving in the Israeli military in 2014 in the Gaza Strip motivated him to become an activist against the occupation.

Benzion is a veteran of the IDF whose time in the army convinced him that the violence of military rule must end. He will speak about how his experience in Operation Protective Edge helped him realize that Israeli policies of siege, closure, bombardment, and ground invasion have not brought anyone closer to a future of dignity and security.

21/01/2024

It is rare for any of us to have any firsthand experience in the Gaza Strip. Here is a recording of our "Virtual Tour of the Gaza Strip" from September for those looking for a more grounded glimpse of life in Gaza since the closure in 2007.

We used virtual technology to cross the militarized border zone, visit major historical sites, and imagine a future in which freedom of movement will be guaranteed to all residents of the Gaza Strip. While this tour was given before October, we hope it helps remind people that Gazans are not numbers and deserve to live full lives with dignity and respect.

On Sunday, September 17th of 2023 the Green Olive Collective hosted a virtual tour of Gaza, exploring the geopolitics and lived realities of communities livi...

06/01/2024