YHP In Israel: Jan. 5 Schedule

Yellow Hammer’s Cliff Sims is on a ten-day educational, cultural, and political trip to Israel. Read Cliff’s explanation of the trip here & see today’s schedule below.

DAY 3: Thursday, January 5, 2012

Bahai Gardens: The Bahai faith’s central worship sites are located in Haifa and Acco. The stunning gardens are reflective of the values of the Bahai faith: peace, beauty and harmony. The temple in Haifa is the home of the leaders of the Bahai faith.

Atlit Detention Camp: This perserved site was constructed by the British Mandate in Eretz Israel, at the end of the 1930s, as a military camp on the Mediterranean coast. It was converted by them between 1939-1948 to a detention camp for “illegal“ immigrants.

Meeting with Zeidan Atashi: Atashi has been a senior reporter and commentator on Arab affairs for Israel Television, Consul and Head of Information Affairs at the Israel Consulate General in New York, a member of the Israeli delegation to the UN, a member of the Knesset, and is the author of Druze and Jews in Israel – A Shared Destiny?. After the meeting we will visit the home of a Druze family from the Carmel region who will discuss their unique customs and religion.

Ariel University: We will tour the campus and hear from students who attend this growing university in the Samarian hills (West Bank).

Meeting with Prof. Alexander Bligh: Prof. Bligh is the Director of the Middle East Research Center. He will speak to us about life and academia in one of Israel’s largest West Bank communities.

Dinner in Jerusalem

Meeting with Khaled Abu Toameh: Abu Toumeh is a Senior Staff Reporter for the Jerusalem Post. As an Arab writer for Israel’s widest-read English-language daily, he brings a unique perspective on the Arab-Israeli conflict, and Israeli society as a whole.

Overnight Jerusalem