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  • Tour Jewish Quarter of Old City with professional Israeli guide;
  • East Jerusalem neighborhoods with Sara Kaminker, Co-chair of the Jerusalem Information Center and past Jerusalem City Planner, at her home in French Hill; visit with town council members in a neighboring Palestinian village;
  • Overnight at E. Jerusalem Hotel.
  • Day 4, Hebron:
    1. Meet with Jerusalem area Israelis who have been in dialogue with Hebron settlers for the past several years;
    2. Meet with Israeli settlers in Kiryat Arba (Israeli settlement in Hebron);
    3. Overnight at E. Jerusalem Hotel.
  • Day 5, day #2 in Hebron:
    1. Abraham's Tomb/Ibrahimi Mosque;
    2. Join the Israeli Coalition Against House Demolition, and Abdel Hadi Hantash of the Palestinian Land Defense to visit families living on the sites of their demolished homes;
    3. Tour downtown Hebron and meet with the Christian Peacemaker Team;
    4. Overnight with Palestinian host families;
  • Day 6:
    1. Israeli Defense Forces Tour of Hebron;
    2. Hussein Issa, Principal, Hope Flowers School; al-Khader village, West Bank (peace education for Palestinian children);
    3. Evening: listening session with Israeli citizens;
    4. Overnight at E. Jerusalem Hotel.
  • Day 7:
    1. Palestinian refugee family (including a Palestinian poet who publishes one of the top journals in Palestine.) Kalandia Refugee Camp;
    2. Mr. David Bar-Illan, Director of Policy Planning & Communications, Prime Minister's Office;
    3. Knesset Member Benny Elon, Moledet Party, Prime Minister's Office;
    4. Overnight at E. Jerusalem Hotel.
  • Day 8:
    1. Zoughbi al-Zoughbi, Director, WI'AM- Palestinian Conflict Resolution Center, Bethlehem;
    2. Salah Ta'mari, member, Palestinian Legislative Council, Bethlehem;
    3. Sabbath at Efrat (a settlement in the West Bank) hosted by Rabbi David Zeller;
    4. Overnights with Israeli families.
  • Day 9:
    1. Sabbath in Efrat. Walk with Efrat residents to visit neighboring Palestinian village;
    2. Return to Jerusalem for dinner;
    3. Overnight at E. Jerusalem Hotel.
  • Day 10, bus to Gaza; Speakers:
    1. Dr. Haidar Abdul Shafi, Director, Red Crescent Society (Palestinian Red Cross); founding member, PLO, head of negotiating team during the Madrid peace talks; founder of democracy-building movement;
    2. Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, HAMAS founder, and Dr. Ghazi Hammad, HAMAS, Gaza City;
    3. Dr. Iyad Sarraj, Director, Gaza Community Mental Health Programme and Director, Independent Commission on Human Rights;
    4. Overnight at Hotel in Gaza City.
  • Day 11:
    1. Finish Gaza meetings and tour northern Gaza;
    2. Neve Shalom - (Intentional joint community of Israeli and Palestinian families; operate the School for Peace, one of the oldest conflict resolution programs in Israel, and run a bilingual coexistence school for their own and outside kids);
    3. Overnight at Neve Shalom.
  • Day 12:
    1. Tour of Neve Shalom;
    2. Dalia Landau and Michel Fanous, Directors of Open House (center for co-existence), Ramle, Israel;
    3. Overnight at Christmas Hotel.
  • Day 13, Nablus, West Bank:
    1. meet with members of a Jerusalem - Nablus dialogue group;
    2. Overnight with Palestinian group members in Nablus.
  • Day 14:
    1. Tour downtown, meet with trade unionists, ex-prisoners, Mayor of Nablus;
    2. Meet with member of a West Bank Israeli settlement who work with local Palestinians to dialogue and solve environmental problems;
    3. Overnight at E. Jerusalem Hotel.
  • Day 15:
    1. Gila Svirsky and Sumaya Nassar, co-chairs of the Jerusalem Link (the Palestinian Center for Women and Bat Shalom, the Jerusalem Women's Center);
    2. Group wrap-up, evaluation and goodbyes.

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