Building on the success and response from CfP members to the intense but short UK visits hosted by Encounters arts(www.encounters-arts.org.uk) ,Ben Yeger, CfP UK representative and Encounters Creative Associate is leading a year long(2012/13) project within the CfP movement.

Project description

A focused program in co-facilitation with CFP, over a sustained number of visits  which aims to strengthen the capacity and inner resilience of CfP members and the movement as a whole.

Project objectives

•           To build on and support the important and expansive work that CfP already carry out by  introducing a range of workshop processes to the movement . These aim to support the skills, capacity and personal resilience of CfP activists to enable them to better face the joint, non violent struggle to end the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict CfP is already committed to.

•           To develop training for CfP activists in personal storytelling

For more information, blog and photos please go to www.encounters-arts.org.uk

The “Bethlehem-Jerusalem” group of the “Combatants for Peace” (CFP) movement conducts tours of the rural area of Bethlehem, with the purpose of expanding and deepening the participants’ knowledge of the area, its inhabitants and the problems inherent to life under occupation in the area. At the end of the tour, a meeting with the Palestinian members of the group is held, in which they tell us of the reality of their life and of their involvement with CFP. To the best of our knowledge, CFP is the only movement which conducts tours which are open to the public in this area of the Occupied Territories. The tour circles the city of Bethlehem from East to West: the concrete wall surrounding Rachel’s tomb, the relentless construction in the “Har Homa” (Wall mountain) neighborhood, the Eastern part of the Gush Etzion settlements (Tkoa, Nokdim), the chokehold construction design around the village of Nahalin, the historic settlements of Gush Etzion, the Orthodox Jewish settlement of Beitar Illit and the Separation Barrier in the village of Wallaje.

The story behind the tour slowly unfolds: Gush Etzion has been fixed in the Israeli public’s mind as an area which was Israeli, and which will remain Israeli as part of any future permanent peace agreement. What, however, is the connection between historic Gush Etzion and the immense territories of the regional Gush Etzion council, which circle Bethlehem and obstruct any possibility of its expansion in any direction? What will be of the 20,000 Palestinians who are captured within the Gush Etzion enclave? The accelerated construction of the Separation barrier in this area is turning certain Israeli fantasies into very real nightmares for Palestinians living in the region.

The tour is guided by the members of the group, and passes only in C regions, which do not require any security arrangements. For further information on dates and registration, please check the website (http://cfpeace.org/) periodically, or write to : siur.betlehem@gmail.com

The Jerusalem-Bethlehem group wishes to thank Dror Etkes for his important contribution to the making of this tour and the training of the instructors who guide it.

The Land of Outposts – a tour to the Nablus rural area

Does the political echelon promote one or two states between the Jordan river and the Mediterranean sea? What does the apartheid regime look like, and what does Palestinian life in the shadow of the outposts looks like?

Do Palestinians truly believe in the “Two States for Two Peoples” solution?

The Tel Aviv-Nablus group of Combatants for Peace cordially invites you to a tour of the rural area of Nablus, offering a direct encounter with reality and a meeting with local Palestinian representatives.

The tour will pass through the settlement Elkana, along road no. 5 (the “cross-Samaria highway”), in the Ariel industrial area and nearby settlements, outposts and Palestinian villages on the mountain ridge.

We will continue to a meeting with Palestinian residents and the Israeli and Palestinian members of “Combatants for Peace”.

The tour will take place on Friday, June 28th

Leaving Tel Aviv, Arlozorov terminal, Central Train Station (next to the Shlomo-sixt parking lot) at 09:00

Estimated return to Tel Aviv at 16:00. Please bring a light meal with you.

The tour does not pass through sensitive areas, does not require any security coordination, and everybody is welcome to join it. Your participation requires early online registration on this form
Participation fee is NIS 50, as partial contribution to the expenses. 
For further details: nablustour@gmail.com

For further details : dmonkik@gmail.com

For further details : dmonkik@gmail.com

For further details: dmonkik@gmail.com

For further details : dmonkik@gmail.com

The “Bethlehem-Jerusalem” group of the “Combatants for Peace” (CFP) movement conducts tours of the rural area of Bethlehem, with the purpose of expanding and deepening the participants’ knowledge of the area, its inhabitants and the problems inherent to life under occupation in the area. At the end of the tour, a meeting with the Palestinian members of the group is held, in which they tell us of the reality of their life and of their involvement with CFP. To the best of our knowledge, CFP is the only movement which conducts tours which are open to the public in this area of the Occupied Territories. The tour circles the city of Bethlehem from East to West: the concrete wall surrounding Rachel’s tomb, the relentless construction in the “Har Homa” (Wall mountain) neighborhood, the Eastern part of the Gush Etzion settlements (Tkoa, Nokdim), the chokehold construction design around the village of Nahalin, the historic settlements of Gush Etzion, the Orthodox Jewish settlement of Beitar Illit and the Separation Barrier in the village of Wallaje.

The story behind the tour slowly unfolds: Gush Etzion has been fixed in the Israeli public’s mind as an area which was Israeli, and which will remain Israeli as part of any future permanent peace agreement. What, however, is the connection between historic Gush Etzion and the immense territories of the regional Gush Etzion council, which circle Bethlehem and obstruct any possibility of its expansion in any direction? What will be of the 20,000 Palestinians who are captured within the Gush Etzion enclave? The accelerated construction of the Separation barrier in this area is turning certain Israeli fantasies into very real nightmares for Palestinians living in the region.

The tour is guided by the members of the group, and passes only in C regions, which do not require any security arrangements. For further information on dates and registration, please check the website (http://cfpeace.org/) periodically, or write to : siur.betlehem@gmail.com

The Jerusalem-Bethlehem group wishes to thank Dror Etkes for his important contribution to the making of this tour and the training of the instructors who guide it.