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Bethlehem

by NYTim

It will be so easy to get to Bethlehem by bus or taxi. As for arriving at the airport, I doubt if you will be questioned at all. Now when you arrive at your departing airport for Tel Aviv, that's when you will be questioned. I have landed at Tel Aviv three times in the last four years and never once was questioned. All my questions happened at my departure points. London, Istanbul and New York. When you leave Israel you might get the 2nd degree -- but what are they going to do -- keep you there? I doubt it. Just be polite and answer all their questions honestly. I traveled through the West Bank twice and each time it was easy. You will, however, be surprised by the seemingly prosperity that I encountered -- even in the refugee camp in Bethlehem. It felt, and was, very safe. Have a great trip. Having a great meal across from Manger Square and drinking Taipay (sic) beer after strolling...

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Palestine welfare system.

by jimmydonutuk

I have been interested in travel for a number of years. Recently I was talking to a member of a local Palestine twinning group. The Walsall/ Kobar twinning group. They were planning to go on a organized trip to Palestine, staying initially near to Bethlehem. Then moving on to Kobar the town with which they were twinned to Walsall. I joined the twinning group and then invited myself along on the Palestine trip.The flight went to Tel Aviv. I then got a taxi to Jerusalem... I had an itinerary for the trip. It involved a number of visits and talks with various NGO’s (Non-Governmental Organizations), meetings with various “municipality“ dignitaries and also staying with and visiting local people, visiting a local women’s group, a Christian Aid peace group, a rehabilitation centre and a couple in their own home who I will describe later. There is a price for good welfare provision. That cost...

The real history of Palestine

by Michael71

With regards to Fico's story about Palestine I think you will find there was never a Biblical Palestine as the country was named Palestine (Palestinia) by the Romans 135 years after Christ. It was then called Israel when Jacob changed his name to Israel.I would love to know where he got theses facts which are completely missing from any history book and especially the bible !!!

With the Cellphone in Palestine

by travellingdan

If you want to stay in Palestine for a little longer, it's definitely worth buying a prepaied phonecard. You can get them easily everywhere - e.g. at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport. After friends recommendet Orange as provider, I bought a SIM-card there. It was around 100 NIS and loaded it with another 100 NIS. From that time on I had my own local cellphone number.If you travel to the West Bank, Orange will work in most of the bigger cities and near settlements (so you can use your cellphone as settlement-finder!)If you are staying within the Westbank it might be better to get an Palestinian provider, like Jawwal. The bad thing about this is that you have to remember another number ;-)

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Ramallah International Film Festival

by mafi_moya

Over a week in July 2004 the biggest film festival yet held in the Palestinian Territories took place in Ramallah. Around 80 films from all over the world were screened as well as a competition for local young Palestinian film-makers. The fact that it happened at all was a bit of a miracle after projectors and various other equipment went 'missing' at Tel Aviv airport, held up by the Israeli authorities.The highlight of the week was without doubt the screening of a new film about the infamous 'wall of partition' being built by the Israeli government. The organisers had the rather brilliant idea of projecting the film onto the wall itself! Not that everything was serious though, one of the biggest films on show was Bend it Like Beckham!

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My fondest memory of Palestine...

by Gypsy_Saskia

My fondest memory of Palestine is the drive to Masada hill (which is in Israel, but from Jerusalem the drive takes you through Palestine). If you get a chance to climb it at sunrise, go for it! Stunning.

~Biblical Bethlehem~

by freya_heaven

If Visit Bethlehem, try to go it alone & get there early morning or later in the day. It can get very busy when the tourist buses arrive. Try to arrange a visit to a refugee camp. Its a real eye opener, a lot of the hostels in Jerusalem old Arab quarter organise trips. My fondest memory of Palestine has to be the friendliness of the people there. And of course spending Christmas day there, of course!

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West Bank Drive

by Laurina

If I could I would take someone for a long day trip driving up and down the rolling hills of the West Bank. You might get invited for a cup of steaming sweet, mint tea in a Palestinian village. Or, you might be approached and asked, suspiciously, what you're doing in an Israeli settlement. No matter what, you are bound to bump into some kind of tantalizing encounter. Was idyllic - now largely inaccesible...

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If you route passes through ...

by maxovna

If you route passes through Judaea desert you may see Jericho - the capital of Palestine, located in the oasis of Judaea desert. It is the most ancient town on the Earth, it appeared 4000 BEFORE CHRIST! Once it was damned by God. Tourist business used to prosper here, but noe under the circumstances tourists do not stay here any longer.

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Visit BETHLEHEM, where Jesus...

by maxovna

Visit BETHLEHEM, where Jesus Christ was born. Enter the Chirch of Christmas. Such Biblical names as Bethlehem surely create certain mood in you - you really touch upon something very sacred.

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Q:  Hi everyone, me and my spouse are about to embark on a trip to Palestine and Israel. We would very much like to see both sides... 

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A: I was in Israel some years ago for a congress in Jerusalem and found even the tourist info was biased - there was no mention of the Muslim Quarter! And even the narration... 

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