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poem by Kevin Joos

as an impression on his trip with 3rdParty to the Middle East, student Kevin Joos wrote this poem: In Jesus cradle we fell But were saved by people kind And generous, with one wish in mind, Just to be treated well. A veil of love unfolded Everywhere we...

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15 juillet 2010

8-15th July - 7 days with youngsters from Antwerp in Israel and Palestine

It is difficult to evaluate this trip in just a few words, but we will do this for sure the coming weeks, including on this blog also and especially the impressions of the 8 young girls and boys of 18 to 20 years old, who made this trip. Our aim was to...

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15 juillet 2010

Thursday 15th July 2010 - day 7 of youthtrip to Palestine and Israel

Our last day in what many call the 'holy land'. This morning we started with meeting representatives of Parents Circle , a mixed group of bereaved families from Israel and Palestine, who together do impressive work giving testimony about their lost ones,...

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14 juillet 2010

Wednesday 14th July 2010 - day 6 of youth trip to Palestine and Israel

A whole day in Jerusalem. The students are staying for two nights at young Jerusalemites' homes in the area around Yaffo Street (Jaffa Street) in West Jerusalem. We spent this day in the old city, first with a series of interviews given to the national...

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13 juillet 2010

Tuesday 13th July 2010 - day 5 of youthtrip in Israel and Palestine

Today was a day with the ladies from MachsomWatch . For most of us one of the strongest parts of our trip in the region. MachsomWatch is a group of ladies (grandmothers most of them), who have started their activities around checkpoints ('machsom' is...

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12 juillet 2010

Monday 12th July 2010 - day 4 of youth trip to Israel and Palestine

Today was another very long day for us. We left early from the village of Al-Ma'sara near Bethlehem to Sderot near Gaza, were we started a day in the company of members of the mixed Israeli-Palestinian organisation Combatants for Peace . They showed us...

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11 juillet 2010

Sunday 11th July 2010 - day 3 of youth trip to Israel and Palestine

Today was spent in and around Bethlehem, in the Westbank, in the company of Mahmoud Zwahre, major of the village Al-Ma'sara, and one of the leading figures in the growing popular movement for non-violent resistance against the wall and settlements . We...

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10 juillet 2010

Saturday 10th July 2010 - day 2 of youth trip to Israel & Palestine

Today Saturday is not over yet, but was already very very busy. A difficult early morning separation of the hosting families in Nazareth (it really does not take much time to become friends; half a day and an evening is enough), we travelled from Nazareth...

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9 juillet 2010

Friday 9th July - day 1 of youth trip to Israel & Palestine

We all arrived save and well in Tel Aviv, where we spend the night in a hotel near the beach. In the morning we visited the Open Clinic in Jaffa of Physicians for Human Rights , our first appointment over here. In the afternoon we travelled from Jaffa...

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