A View Across the Divides: Healing Across the Divides In Israel & the West Bank March 24 – April 3, 2019 Day 1: Sunday, March 24, 2019 – Arrival • Arrive at Ben Gurion airport and transfer on your own to Tel Aviv for check-in. Information on transfer services will be provided. • Have the day free to relax. Dinner on your own; Norbert and others will organize an informal get together at the restaurant, Old Man and the Sea. Hotel: Market House, Tel Aviv Day 2: Monday, March 25, 2019 – • Orientation and introductions followed by a walking tour of Jaffa • Lunch on your own in Jaffa • Grantee visit: Assaf / IATF • Have a welcome dinner this evening with the group and with Patrick and Nehad Hotel: Market House, Tel Aviv Day 3: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 – Tel Aviv - Jaffa • Grantee visit – Open Door • Lunch with a speaker • Visit to Rabin Square • Late afternoon leisure, dinner on own • FYI: On Tuesdays, there is a wonderful art market near Carmel Market called Nachalat Binyamin Market. It is is one of the best places in the city to find original, handmade items. Hotel: Market House, Tel Aviv Day 4: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 – Tel Aviv • Grantee meeting - Turan • Visit a Druze village for lunch. Hear from a member of the Druze community during the meal. • Transfer to Jerusalem • Panoramic tour of Jerusalem, overview of city’s religious history from Mount of Olives. • Dinner on your own Hotel: Eyal Hotel, Jerusalem Day 5: Thursday, March 28, 2019 – East Jerusalem • Visit the Temple Mount • Dual narrative tour of East Jerusalem • Lunch with speaker • Visit Imwas with a Palestinian who lived in this village destroyed by Israel after the 1967 war • End the day with a festive dinner at a Palestinian home (Musical performance by an Arab-Israeli band) Hotel: Eyal Hotel, Jerusalem Day 6: Friday, March 29 - Jerusalem • Yad Vashem tour (With the group’s Israeli guide) • Meeting to discuss and process Yad Vashem tour at hotel • Lunch on your own • Pre-Shabbat (Kabbalat Shabbat) visit to the Western Wall • Group dinner at a restaurant with singer/speaker Hotel: Eyal Hotel, Jerusalem Day 7: Saturday, March 30 - Jerusalem • Visit grantee – Al Maqdese • Geopolitical dual narrative tour of the Old City • Lunch with speaker • Free afternoon Hotel: Eyal Hotel, Jerusalem Day 8: Sunday, March 31, 2019 – Abboud or Nablus • Head to the town of Nablus for a visit to an HATD grantee • Have an included group lunch today. Hotel: Eyal Hotel, Jerusalem Day 9: Monday, April 1 – Susiya / Hebron • Drive down south • Grantee (PWWSD) visit in the village of Susiya and lunch in Hebron Hotel: Ein Gedi Hotel Day 10: Tuesday, April 2 – Yeruham • Grantee visit: Either Earth Promise (location: Yeruham/Rahme) or Ma’an (two different initiatives, TBA) • Free time • Tour Ein Gedi Nature Reserve or enjoy free time at the Dead Sea (Optional on own) • Review of the study tour with Nehad and Patrick – late afternoon Hotel: Ein Gedi Hotel Day 11: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 – Departure • Depart Ben Gurion Airport (on own) for the United States, or for those participating on the Petra extension a transfer (by land) to Amman, Jordan. *An optional group transfer will be available at 10:00 a.m at an extra cost for those traveling to Ben Gurion. This will enable travelers to get to a 3:30pm flight. .