Joint Advocacy Initiative of the East Jerusalem YMCA and YWCA of Palestine (JAI) is partnering the Alternative Tourism Group (ATG) in organizing an Olive Picking Program in Palestine between the 26^th of October and 4^th of November, 2006. 

This year, 38 participants from various countries of the world are joining the Olive Picking Program. .

Watch a promotion video of the Olive Tree Program (participants' perspectives, fields' visits ..etc.)

Click on daily activities and reflections

• Day one - 26/10/2006: Arrival to the airport and transfer to Bethlehem to meet representatives from the organizing institutions for an overview and discussion of the program. Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.
  
  
  
• Day two - 27/10/2006: Picking olives at a selected field followed by lunch. Film screening at Jadal / Alternative Information Center (AIC). Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.
  
  
  
• Day three - 28/10/2006: Half day picking olives at a selected field followed by lunch. Meeting at ARIJ (Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem) for a presentation on the Apartheid Wall and land confiscation. Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.
  
  
  
• Day four - 29/10/2006: Half day picking olives at a selected field. A tour in the Bethlehem area to show realities of the Israeli occupation such as refugee camps, the Wall, Bypass roads and fences, settlements, destroyed houses, etc. Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.
  
  
  
• Day five - 30/10/2006: A tour in the old city of Jerusalem. Welcome and lunch in Jerusalem followed by a settlement tour around Jerusalem. Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.
  
  
  
• Day six - 31/10/2006: Free Day
  
  
  
• Day seven - 01/11/2006: Half day picking olives in Al-khader. Meeting with representatives from the Joint Advocacy Initiative of the East Jerusalem YMCA and YWCA of Palestine for an introduction and overview of the Olive Tree Campaign. Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.
  
  
  
• Day eight - 02/11/2006: A tour in the old city of Hebron through the market and how it is affected by Israeli settlers. A meeting with a co-organizing institute followed by dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.
  
  
  
• Day nine - 03/11/2006: Half day picking olives in East Jerusalem. Join the weekly demonstration against the Wall in Al-khader. Evaluation meeting with institutions representatives followed by a farewell dinner at a local restaurant with staff members and volunteers. Overnight in Bethlehem.
  
  
  
• Day ten - 04/11/2006: Transfer to the airport for departure.