Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace

For up to date details go to the FFIPP website.

See details of the summer 2012 tour here.

Below are details for tours in 2009 and give a flavour of what FFIPP has done in the past.

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• FFIPP Summer delegation to Palestine/Israel June 28 – July 9, 2009 for Faculty, Educators, and Students.

• FFIPP Summer Internships for Human Rights and Just Peace in Palestine/Israel for College Students, June 27 – July 30, 2009.

Sponsored by: Faculty and Students for Israeli-Palestinian Peace-International (FFIPP)
www.ffipp.org info@ffipp.org (413) 253-0676

FFIPP Summer Educational Tour/Delegation to Palestine/Israel June 28 – July 9, 2009, for Faculty, Educators and Students

See for yourself the reality in Israel and the occupied West Bank. A member of the summer 2008 delegation has written “I think none of us could have fully imagined what we experienced by being there”. An intensive twelve days of learning.

Past delegations visited: Birzeit University , Haifa University, Al-Najah University, Tel-Aviv University, Al-Quds University, Ben Gurion University, Arab-American University in Jenin, Hebrew University, Hebron University, Nazareth, Akka, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Ramallah, Jaffa, Lod, Shaknin, Kibbutz Lohamei HaGetaot, al-Ghabisiyya, Suhmata, Dheisheh refugee camp, Jewish Settlements in the West Bank, Bil’in, the separation wall, Jericho.

Discussions and meetings with academics and leaders. Past delegations met with:

• Eyad el-Sarraj, Gaza Community Mental Health Program
• Rochama Marton, Physician for Human Rights
• Juliano Mer Khamis, Freedom Theatre
• Ziad Abbas, Ibdaa, Dheisheh Refugee Camp
• Saleh Abdel Jawad, Birzeit University
• Moshe Zuckerman, Tel Aviv University
• Salim Tamari, Birzeit University
• Sari Bashi, Gisha
• Salem Jubran, writer, editor, journalist
• Norma Mosi, Zochrot
• Ilan Pappe, University of Exeter
• Isaac Ben Israel, Tel-Aviv University
• Azmi Beshara, Knesset member
• Yuval Steinitz, Knesset member
• Yassar Arafat
• Saeb Erekat, Palestine Authority
• Ami Ayalon, Kenesset member
• Uri Avnery, former Kenesset member
• Mustafa Barghouthi
• Sari Nusseibeh, President of Al Quds University in East Jerusalem
• Hanan Ashrawi, MIFTAH
• Jad Issac, ARIJ

Cost: $1000, not including airfare, accommodations and food.

FFIPP will arrange transportation in Israel/Palestine, coordinate meetings, and make hotel reservations.

For more information visit: http://office.ffipp.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=23888&qid=20276, call FFIPP-USA, 413-256-0349 or email us at:info@ffipp.org

FFIPP Summer 2009 Internships for Human Rights and Just Peace in Palestine/Israel
for College Students, June 27 – July 30

• An orientation program and an educational tour of Palestine/Israel that includes visits and meetings in Jaffa, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Bilin, Ramallah, Tel-Aviv, Kibbutz Lohamei HaGetaot, al-Ghabisiyya (destroyed 1948 village), Nazareth, Dheisheh refugee camp and settlements around Jerusalem
• One month of volunteer work in a grassroots organization, a research organization, or a human rights organization in the occupied Palestinian territories or Israel
• Meetings with Palestinian and Israeli student activists for justice and peace

Program fee: $1000.
The fee includes: housing and transportation during the orientation program, and housing during the internship period.
The fee does not include: International airfare, food and transportation during the internship period, domestic and international phone calls.
Total estimated cost excluding International airfare and program fee: $500-700

“I gained a sense of the peace movement in Israel and Palestine and also of the smaller, more local efforts, such as children’s centers, to address the disadvantages Palestinians face.”
Amy Kent, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Summer Intern 2006, 2007

Some Participating Organizations in Palestine/Israel
• Kayan Feminist Organization, Haifa
• The Freedom Theatre, Jenin
• Ibdaa Center, Dheisheh Refugee Camp
• Rabbis for Human Rights, Jerusalem
• Project Hope, Nablus
• The Alternative Information Center, Jerusalem, Bethlehem
• B’Tselem, Israel
• Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP), Gaza City
• The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Jerusalem.
• The Latin Patriarchate Society of St Yves Catholic Human Rights Center for Resources and Development, Jerusalem
• The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy (MIFTAH), Ramallah
• Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), Jerusalem
• Al Quds University Human Rights Clinic, Jerusalem.

I learned more about the conflict in these 5 days of orientation as in the two years prior… Fantastic time…I worked for Rabbis for Human Rights, which in itself was a very educational experience. I’d be interested in being a coordinator next summer.

Maurice Chammah, College Scholar Program/Near Eastern Studies/Music, Cornell University, Summer Intern 2008

I learned a lot and had an amazing time with the other interns. I plan to keep in touch with a lot of people… I have come away from this month with a great motivation to do more. I now feel like I have a solid grounding of the situation, and plan to go back to help in any way that I can.

Abbie Taylor, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK, Summer Intern 2008

I especially enjoyed our time in Deheisheh refugee camp. Previously, my academic understanding of the Arab-Israeli conflict was defined in political terms and historical events; interacting with the people
living in the camp and witnessing first-hand the conditions in which they lived allowed me to examine the oft-ignored human dimension of the conflict.
The interns were the most intelligent, inquisitive and adventurous group of people I have ever met… I am confident that the friendships I formed this summer will last a lifetime… I had the summer of a lifetime. Thank you!

Allison Hutchings, The College of William and Mary, Summer Intern 2008

How to apply?
Go to: www.ffipp.org

Deadlines:
April 1, 2009 Last day to apply
April 15, 2009 Admission decisions emailed

Questions?
Call: 413-253–0676
Fax: 413-256–3536
Email: info@ffipp.org