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Day 10 of the Delegation: Israeli Terrorism in Al-Khalil (Hebron) Help support USPCN’s delegation to Palestine! Donate here! Today, we visited Al-Khalil (Hebron) and met with representatives of Human Rights Defenders, as well as with one of the last remaining residents of the Israeli-controlled H2 area. After the signing of the Oslo Accords, Israel and…

Day 9 of the Delegation: Surviving in Spite of the Palestinian Authority Help support USPCN’s delegation to Palestine! Donate here! Our first visit today was to the Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem (ARIJ) in Bethlehem, a national research institute that provides advocacy and direct services toward a sustainable Palestine. Dr. Jad Issac, General Director, made clear the…

Day 8 of the Delegation: Bethlehem & the Apartheid Wall Help support USPCN’s delegation to Palestine! Donate here! Today, we visited Bethlehem and a number of its institutions and sites, including BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, the Alternative Information Center, the Alrowwad Cultural and Arts Society in Aida refugee camp, a…

Day 7 of the Delegation: the Theft of Palestinian Resources & Historical Sites in Jericho Help Support USPCN’s Delegation to Palestine! Donate here! Today we spent time in Areeha, of Jericho, exploring the history of one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The name Areeha is on Canaanite origin, meaning “fragrance,” but…

Day 6 of the Delegation: Child Political Prisoners and Healthcare in Palestine Help Support USPCN’s Delegation to Palestine! Donate here! The sixth day of our delegation started at the offices of Defense of Children International Palestine (DCIP), founded in 1991 by a former Palestinian political prisoner who was appalled at the treatment of children and…

Day 5 of the Delegation: USPCN Reconnecting with Old Friends and Making New Ones Help Support USPCN’s Delegation to Palestine! Donate here! Today, we visited our dear friend Sahar Francis, Director of Addameer (Arabic for conscience) Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association. She wasted no time getting to the heart of the current challenges that Palestinian…

Day 4 of the Delegation: USPCN in Balata and New Askar Refugee Camps Help Support USPCN’s Delegation to Palestine! Donate here! Today, we visited the Palestinians of Balata and Askar refugee camps in and near Nablus, and toured the site of Jacob’s Well. Local activist Nasser was our guide in Balata, where over 30,000 refugees…

Day 3 of the Delegation: USPCN Enters the West Bank Help Support USPCN’s Delegation to Palestine! Donate here! Arriving early morning in the West Bank, we were warmly greeted by Adnan of the Freedom Theater, located in the heart of Jenin refugee camp. The majority of the camp’s 14,000 residents were displaced from the Carmel…

Help Support USPCN’s Delegation to Palestine! Donate here! USPCN is in 1948 Palestine for a second day. We toured the Naqab (major desert area in the south of 1948 Palestine), which accounts for 2/3 of the land within Israel, and is home to the largest Bedouin community in the world. There we met with one…

Help Support Our Delegation! Donate here! From 2000 until 2010, the U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) and its precursor organizations sent almost 100 people—Arab American and solidarity activists, organizers, students, artists, nurses, lawyers, and more—on educational trips to Palestine, and today, we proudly announce that we have officially relaunched our delegation project! The current delegates…