OLIVE HARVEST 2014 DELEGATION to ISRAEL/PALESTINE
October 25 - November 7, 2014
Leaders: Anna Baltzer
This delegation will provide an opportunity to participate in the Palestinian olive harvest season — generally a time of great community activism, where people of all ages from Palestine, Israeli peace and justice groups, and international groups join farmers as they reap their harvest. It is international support that makes the harvest possible in many cases. You will hear from Palestinian farmers and learn of the importance of agriculture to the Palestinian economy and culture. As with other delegations, you will also meet additional Israelis and Palestinians working for peace and justice.
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DEADLINE TO APPLY: Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until mid September 2014, space permitting. Apply NOW to reserve a space.
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Leaders
Anna Baltzer is an award-winning lecturer, author, and activist for Palestinian human rights. She works as National Organizer with the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, a coalition of more than 400 organizations working for justice and equality in Israel/Palestine. Baltzer has appeared on television more than 100 times and lectured at more than 500 universities, schools, churches, mosques, synagogues, and policy institutes around the world. She is a founding member of the St. Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee and St. Louis Jewish Voice for Peace, and author of the book, Witness in Palestine: A Jewish American Woman in the Occupied Territories.
Logistics
The cost of the delegation will be around $2500. This includes 13 days of the delegation, hotel and home stay accommodations, breakfasts and dinners, local transportation, guides, speaker/event fees, basic tips and gratuities. Partial scholarships may be available for those with demonstrable need.
The cost does not include domestic and international airfare. Interfaith Peace-Builders works with a local travel agent in Jerusalem to secure the best group rates for the delegation to travel together on the same flight from Washington, DC to Israel/Palestine. Therefore, delegates do not need to book their own international airfare.
Delegates will be expected make arrangements to be in Washington DC by 2pm on October 25th.
Photos from Past IFPB Delegations