23/03/2017 Give Peace a Chance Jewish community - Uniting Church study tour January 15-26, 2017 The tour group 1 23/03/2017 Palestine and Israel January 15, 2017 2 23/03/2017 Jerusalem municipal boundary, inclusive of occupied territory since 1967 West Bank East Jerusalem Old City Talpiot Gilo Har Homa Bethlehem Yellow line: Israel’s annexed municipal boundary of Jerusalem 3 23/03/2017 Our first briefing Hitting the road 4 23/03/2017 Haas Promenade – view of Jerusalem Man at work – Israeli guide Yogev Ozeri 5 23/03/2017 Jaffa Gate – Jerusalem Old City Looking towards the Jaffa Gate 6 23/03/2017 Dr David Koren Advisor to Jerusalem Mayor Arab and Christian Affairs Breaking bread – sharing food and thoughts 7 23/03/2017 January 16, 2017 Bar Mitvot at the Western Wall (Heb. Kotel) 8 23/03/2017 Queueing at ramp to enter Temple Mount/Haram Al-Shareef Temple Mount/Haram Al-Shareef 9 23/03/2017 Temple Mount/Haram Al-Shareef View form Waqf Office steps Temple Mount/Haram Al-Shareef 10 23/03/2017 Temple Mount/Haram Al-Shareef Temple Mount/Haram Al-Shareef 11 23/03/2017 Temple Mount/ Haram Al- Shareef Streets of Jerusalem’s Old City 12 23/03/2017 Streets of Jerusalem’s Old City Streets of Jerusalem’s Old City 13 23/03/2017 Rooftop – Austrian Mission Jerusalem’s Old City Little Sisters of Jesus Convent, Station 6,Via Dolorosa 14 23/03/2017 Church of the Holy Sepulchre and St Anne’s Church, Old City, Jerusalem Via Dolorosa, Old City, Jerusalem 15 23/03/2017 Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Old City, Jerusalem Mrs Nora Kort, Wujoud Centre Chairwoman, Arab Orthodox Society 16 23/03/2017 Mrs Nora Kort, Wujoud Cente Mrs Nora Kort, Wujoud Centre 17 23/03/2017 Western Wall, Jewish quarter of Old City Temple Mount/Haram Al-Shareef 18 23/03/2017 The Western Walltunnel largest foundation stone (left) The Western Wall tunnel 19 23/03/2017 Interfaith Dinner at The Eucalyptus Peta Pellach-Jones (left) and Debbie Weissman (right) Interfaith Dinner at The Eucalyptus 20 23/03/2017 January 17, 2017 Yad Vashem – Rachel Korazim and guide 21 23/03/2017 Christian Friends of Yad Vashem Rabbi Binny Freedman Rosh Yeshiva Oryata 22 23/03/2017 Rabbi Binny Freedman tour of old city Travelling along the seam-line Colonel Miri Eisen 23 23/03/2017 Religion and State in Israel Dr Shuki Friedman, Israel Democracy Institute Parents Circle Rami Elhanan and Bassam Aramin 24 23/03/2017 January 18, 2017 West Bank Ramallah Jericho Dead Sea East Jerusalem Bethlehem Efrat Hebron 25 23/03/2017 On the road … to Ramallah 26 23/03/2017 On the road … to Ramallah Illicit entry is still possible? 27 23/03/2017 Checkpoint Qalandiya … on way to Ramallah Palestinian Prime Minister Dr Rami Hamdallah 28 23/03/2017 Palestinian Prime Minister Dr Rami Hamdallah Dr Tal Becker, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs peace negotiating team 29 23/03/2017 West Bank East Jerusalem Old City Gilo Har Homa Bethlehem Yellow line: Israel’s annexed municipal boundary of Jerusalem Rev. Dr Jack Sara (and colleagues) President, Bethlehem Bible College 30 23/03/2017 Bethlehem - Armenian scouts celebrating Christmas Bethlehem, Church of the Nativity 31 23/03/2017 Armenian Christmas service, Church of the Nativity Images from Bethlehem 32 23/03/2017 Images from Bethlehem Images from Bethlehem 33 23/03/2017 Aida Refugee Camp, Bethlehem Aida Refugee Camp, Bethlehem 34 23/03/2017 Dr Mazin Qumsiyeh Al-Rowwad Centre for Culture and Arts Aida Refugee Camp, Bethlehem Aida Refugee Camp, Bethlehem 35 23/03/2017 Aida Refugee Camp Combatants for Peace Sulaiman Khatib and Raphael Nabholz 36 23/03/2017 January 19, 2017 Yasser Arafat Tomb, Ramallah 37 23/03/2017 Dr Mustafa Barghouti Palestinian Relief Society, Ramallah President, Palestine National Initiative Rabbis for Human Rights Zacharia Sada, Palestinian Field Officer 38 23/03/2017 Dr Mohammad Shtayyeh Minister, Palestinian Economic Council for Development and Reconstruction Rawabi City 39 23/03/2017 Rawabi City Rawabi City 40 23/03/2017 Guided tour of Rawabi Mr Bashar Masri Founder, Rawabi City 41 23/03/2017 Breaking the Silence Yehuda Shaul, Kate Rosenberg My Truth Shachal Liran-Hanan 42 23/03/2017 January 20, 2017 Neve Shalom/Wahat Al-Salam 43 23/03/2017 The Tent Neve Shalom/Wahat Al-Salam community ‘hall’ Neve Shalom/Wahat Al Salam 44 23/03/2017 On the road … again On the road … pit stop 45 23/03/2017 Amna Canaan Barta’a Green Line, where Israel meets Palestine Barta’a shopping strip 46 23/03/2017 Barta’a shopping strip Amna Canaan Founder Awareness4U, Kfar Qar’ea welcomes us into her home 47 23/03/2017 Through the kitchen cupboard … a learning centre Amna Canaan, a welcoming prayer 48 23/03/2017 Amna Canaan, community organiser arrow: ‘Arabs and Jews want Peace’ t-shirt: ‘Neighbours for Peace’ Protests ongoing every Friday 3-4 pm Bottom: joined by Myung Hwa Park (right) 49 23/03/2017 Shabbat January 21, 2017 January 22, 2017 50 23/03/2017 West Bank Ramallah Jericho Dead Sea East Jerusalem Bethlehem Efrat Hebron EcoPeace (ME) – saving the Jordan River Qasr El Yahud Baptismal site Left: Water Ambassadors, Jericho Right: Gidon Bromberg, Israeli Director 51 23/03/2017 Jordan River – then and now left: width - 18 horses of Light Horse Brigade Baptisms at Qasr El Yahud, Jordan River 52 23/03/2017 EcoPeace Palestinian field school, Auja EcoPeace lunch! Auja 53 23/03/2017 Lunchtime briefing Gidon Bromberg EcoPeace Auja Field School 54 23/03/2017 Lido Hotel – Dead Sea in retreat Jordan Valley 55 23/03/2017 Frolicking in the Dead Sea Bathing in the Dead Sea 56 23/03/2017 Hagai El-Ad, Executive Director, B’Tselem David Keyes Spokesman to foreign media, Israeli Prime Minister’s Office 57 23/03/2017 January 23, 2017 58 23/03/2017 Hebron Briefing: Ecumenical Accompaniment Monitors Left: Aletia (Australia), Right: Nick (Alaska) 59 23/03/2017 Al-Shuhada Street, Hebron (H2) Checkpoint 56 60 23/03/2017 Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) Monitors Hebron (Palestinian) markets (H1) 61 23/03/2017 Tomb of the Patriarchs - Ma'arat HaMachpelah Tomb of the Patriarchs - Ma'arat HaMachpelah 62 23/03/2017 David Wilder Former spokesman, Hebron settlers David Wilder Former spokesman, Hebron settlers 63 23/03/2017 Al Tariq (The Way) non-violent movement Ali Abu Awad (centre), Riyad Al Hales (left), Stephen Stern (right) 64 23/03/2017 Al Tariq (The Way) Centre hothouse in summer, meeting room in winter Captain Ben Wahlhaus International Law Department, IDF 65 23/03/2017 Leaving Jerusalem View from Dan Boutique Hotel Janet Kossy January 24, 2017 66 23/03/2017 ANZAC Memorial, Kibbutz Be’eri Give Peace a Chance Memorial Service 67 23/03/2017 Give Peace a Chance Memorial Service Give Peace a Chance Memorial Service 68 23/03/2017 Give Peace a Chance Memorial Service Give Peace a Chance Memorial Service 69 23/03/2017 Give Peace a Chance Memorial Service Sderot 70 23/03/2017 Tour of Sderot by Dar right: remnants of missiles directed at Sderot Communication Hill, overlooking Gaza 71 23/03/2017 The Art of War left: playground doubles as bomb shelter right: sculpture made from missile remnants Gaza Netiv HaAsara, Sderot, Erez 72 23/03/2017 Moshav Netiv Ha’Asara, Gaza border Hila Fenlon, resident, briefing our group right: sample missile fired at moshav 73 23/03/2017 Netiv Ha’Asara – Path to Peace Wall Give Peace a Chance – adding to Wall of Peace 74 23/03/2017 Path to Peace, Netiv Ha’Asara Shlomo Tsaban, Manager, Eretz Crossing (between Gaza and Israel) 75 23/03/2017 Road to Recovery Yuval Roth (centre), Iri Kassel (left) Eli Sahar (right) Yossi Beilin Former Minister in Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, and Ehud Barak governments, founder Geneva Initiative 76 23/03/2017 January 25, 2017 James McGarry Australian Deputy Ambassador to Israel 77 23/03/2017 Magdala Stone, Magdala, Galilee The Magdala Synagogue 78 23/03/2017 Fr Eamon Kelly, vice director, Magdala Centre Fr Gabriel Naddaf Church of the Annunciation, Nazareth 79 23/03/2017 Fr Gabriel Naddaf Church of the Annunciation, Nazareth St Peter’s fish 80 23/03/2017 Ziv Hospital, Tsfat Dr Michael Harari Australian pediatric intensive care specialist 81 23/03/2017 Reflections on the shores of the Galilee Galilee 82 23/03/2017 Tiberius, Galilee January 26, 2017 83 23/03/2017 Tal Hermelin Mind Innovation Centre, Tel Aviv Taglit Birthright high tech display 84 23/03/2017 Jaffa Theatre – Al-Saraya Theatre One Stage, Two Theatres Igal Ezraty, Gabi Aldor Co-Artistic Directors Jaffa Theatre 85 23/03/2017 Jaffa street walk Jaffa street walk 86 23/03/2017 Jesse Divon, Palestine Internship Program Natalie, former intern plus some technology transfer? Hani Alami, CEO Coolnet 87 23/03/2017 Farewell Dinner Showing our appreciation to Yogev, Christina and Elisa 88 23/03/2017 And speeches, of course Reflection of speakers • Dr Rami Hamdallah, the Prime Minister of Palestine – power disparity • David Keyes, Spokesperson for the Prime Minister of Israel • Dr Mustafa Barghouti, Palestinian political leader and presidential candidate – power disparity • Dr Yossi Beilin, one of the architects of the Oslo Accords and a former minister in the governments of Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Ehud Barak. - multiple narratives • Track 1 Israeli and Palestinian peace negotiators Tal Becker and Mohammad Shtayyeh - multiple narratives, victim-villain • The co-founder and co-director of Combatants for Peace, Suleiman Khatib • The co-founder of EcoPeace, Gidon Bromberg – Cooperation and humanising the other • Ali Abu Awwad, the founder of Al Tariq (The Way), which promote strategies for non-violent resistance and empowerment to Palestinians and Roots (a dialogue group between Palestinians and Israelis including settlers) – support grass root projects • A mother from the Israeli town bordering Gaza who advocates for peace and co-existence • Palestinian and Israeli fathers from The Parents Circle - Families Forum (PCFF) – power disparity – cooperate and humanise • Israeli volunteers from Road to Recovery, who provide daily transport for sick Palestinians from Gaza to hospitals in Israel - – support grass root projects 89.