[WCUSP] Let's witness Israel/Palestine in Oct with Friends of Sabeel

[KATHARLOW at aol.com]

Dear WILPFers & friends,
   Here's another reality tour we should be promoting to  members and friends 
to see for themselves the horrors happening with our  taxdollar$..  Surely 
WILPF/P-I also knows & works with Friends of  Sabeel of the Ecumenical 
Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem. Naim  Ateek who I recall from his days at SF's 
Grace Cathedral, is  brillant!   Check out the website: _www.sabeel.org_ 
(http://www.sabeel.org)                                   Love,  KH
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Update (7/9/06):  We are currently attempting to lock in the $1800  price 
(below) by reserving a block of airline tickets.  If you want to be  guaranteed 
this price, please let us know of your intent to join us by Thursday,  7/13/06. 
 Due to the vagaries of the cost of jet fuel, if is quite possible  that the 
trip costs may be higher if ordered later in the summer or early  fall.  

We hope that you can be with us for what promises to be a  very interesting 
and informative trip. --  Bill

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Dear  Friends,

My  friend and colleague, Betsy Barlow, and I will be leading a trip to  
Israel/Palestine in late October, and we would like to invite you to join  us.

The  trip is designed to provide a concise overview of the drastic situation 
facing  the Palestinian population, both within Israel and in the Occupied 
Territories,  and we will also be visiting Israeli groups who are working to 
combat the  occupation.  Our intent is for you to take your experiences from the 
trip  and give a first-hand report back to your associates and political 
leaders at  home.

If  you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at  
wthomson at umich.edu.

Peace,
Bill

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Friends of Sabeel-SE Michigan

Announces  a fact-finding trip to Israel/Palestine


Meeting with  Israeli and Palestinian Peace Groups

October 23-November 1,  2006



Purpose:  
To learn the perspectives of various Israeli,  Palestinian and international 
groups working for peace with justice, including  the Israeli Coalition 
Against Home Demolition, B’tselem, Gush Shalom, Women in  Black, Israeli soldiers 
refusing to serve in the West Bank, the International  Solidarity Movement, the 
Palestinian Christian ecumenical center Sabeel, the  Center for law al Haq, 
the Health, Development, Information and Policy  Institute, Bir Zeit University, 
a precollegiate school, In’ash al Usra (a  training and self-help 
institution) and a visit to the  Wall.

Cost:  Air round trip ticket from Detroit and land  package (based on double 
occupancy) will cost $1800 dollars.  Those not  wishing to travel from Detroit 
may purchase their own ticket and meet us in  Jerusalem.  The land package 
(based on double occupancy, which includes  breakfast and dinner daily, land 
travel, guides, will cost $800.  For a  single room the additional cost is $120.

Costs Not  included:  Travel to the group  embarkation city (Detroit, 
Michigan), lunches, passport costs, tips, and  souvenirs.  

Airline: We will travel on Air Jordan from Detroit to  Amman, leaving Detroit 
on Monday, October 23 in the evening, and arriving in  Jordan on Tuesday 
afternoon October 24 (7 hour time change), and then  transferring to Jerusalem.  
Those who do not wish to travel from Detroit  can make their own flight 
arrangements, meet us in Jerusalem and pay just the  land package.

Leaders:  Elizabeth Barlow has led or co-led five previous trips to  
Israel/Palestine, and has traveled to various places in the Middle East more  than a 
dozen other times.  She is one of the founders of Friends of  Sabeel-North 
America, and is a Board Member of the Israeli Coalition Against  House Demolition 
and the Americans for Middle East Understanding.  Dr. William Thomson is a  
clinical psychologist who has just retired from the University of  Michigan.  He 
specializes in trauma care, and has visited both Israel and  the Palestinian 
areas to train practitioners in trauma  care.

Places to be Visited:  Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron, Ramallah  and nearby 
villages, and more.  Access and timing depend on circumstances  at the time of 
visit.  

Sponsoring  organization:  Friends of  Sabeel­Southeast Michigan, which 
is a chapter of Friends of Sabeel-North  America.  Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation 
Theology Center, J'lem. _www.salem.org_ (http://www.salem.org) 

Application  to participate in the October 23-November 1, 2006 Trip:  
Please fill out the form below and  send to:

Elizabeth Barlow
1307 Morningside Drive
Ann Arbor,  MI 48103

Your  name_________________________________

Address____________________________________

Phones:   Home_____________   Office_______________Cell___________

Email:____________________________

Please  give us the following information:  
    1.  Any previous trips to Israel or the Palestinian territories?  
    2.  Do you speak either Arabic or Hebrew?   
    3.  Passport:  country and number, issue date, and valid until what  
date?*  
    4.  Short paragraph on why you want to go and what you hope to see.  
    5.  Statement that your health is adequate for a trip that will involve 
some  walking. 

*  Israel usually admits only people who have  a valid passport for at least 
6 more months after date of admission to  Israel.

Participants will be notified if they have been accepted by  early July.  A 
down payment of $230 will be needed by July 10 to hold the  plane ticket (if 
traveling with the group).  The remainder is due by  September 20.  If there are 
still places, applications can be made until  September 10.

Contact information:  _wthomson at umich.edu_ (mailto:wthomson at umich.edu) 
_edbarlow at umich.edu_ (mailto:edbarlow at umich.edu)   (email not  monitored 
until June 26).
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