The Palestine 2.0 Delegation explores current realities for Palestinians, including the repression of strategic organizing, the separation and segregation of the Palestinian population, and creative ways communities are continuing to resist.
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This delegation is Eyewitness Palestine's 67th, successfully exposing more than 1,300 people to the daily realities facing Palestinians in their quest for justice.
We believe in the power of eyewitness experience and transformation. Given the opportunity to speak directly with Palestinians and Israelis, delegates return to the United States better informed, more energized, and with a deeper understanding of the possibilities for true justice in the Middle East.
The delegation joined local and international activists in Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem to resist the Sabbagh family’s pending eviction from their home that would displace 40 members of the Palestinian family. The Sabbagh family is one of at least 180 Palestinian families in East Jerusalem threatened with eviction by Israeli authorities.
Read MoreWe got to Checkpoint 300 separating Bethlehem and the southern West Bank from Jerusalem at 6:30am. Immediately, Palestinians told me that I should not try to take delegation through... that it was crammed and only a few minutes earlier, soldiers had used tear gas in the crowd of Palestinians waiting to get through. “They’ll get crushed... haraam. Perhaps you can go around with them?”
Read MoreBattir’s footpath runs by an elegant 2000-year old Roman stone pool, fed by an aqueduct from one of three village water springs not yet blocked by Israel. The hillside terraces stepping down to the tracks are lush with gardens. But across the tracks, the villagers can get spring water only from an old, rusting pipe they aren’t allowed to repair, limiting their agricultural success.
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