Visit Palestine

I have alluded to a trip I took to the West Bank in April on this site several times in the past. What I am realizing is just how difficult it is for people to understand the realities of what is occurring in the Occupied Territories without actually visiting, meeting the people, and experiencing the occupation first-hand.

Many people are either too frightened by Western media reports or fearful of Palestinians in general to contemplate a visit to Palestine. Many people who do say they will go - often dismiss a visit with the comment “I’ll go when things settle down”. Time to wake up and realize things will never settle down without outsiders getting a view into life in the Occupied Territories. A struggle must be witnessed to truly be understood - and I cannot recommend a better way to learn about Palestine than to visit - go to the West Bank, Hebron, Jericho, and even Nablus. Take a digital camera, a video recorder, a sound recorder, a notebook and a pen.

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A discussion on the Occupation in Hebron with Abu Hassan of Alternative Tours

If you’re perplexed on the details - on how to get into the West Bank or how to plan a visit - I would like to recommend a tour guide who took excellent care of me and my fellow travelers in Hebron and throughout the West Bank. For more information, please visit Alternative Tours and experience Abu Hassan’s amazing tours. I guarantee you will return more enlightened, more intelligent, and more attuned to the way our world is working.

Bear witness. It is important.