Week program in Palestine for a delegation from the Palestine Network - Denmark
A week program in Palestine, from the 18th to the 25th of September 2022, with the JAI and EJ YMCA, for a delegation of 7 members from the Palestine Network (Palæstinanetværket) within the YMCA-YWCA Denmark (KFUM og KFUK i Danmark), in celebration of the 25th anniversity of their partnership.
Their program included guided tours with the JAI where they were shown and explained about the Israeli apartheid wall, colonies (settlements) and its confiscation of Palestinian lands. They were also toured inside the old cities of Jerusalem and Hebron, where they witnessed the Israeli colonies (settlements) inside the cities, with the Israeli military checkpoints, closures, settlers' harassments and measures against Palestinians. With the Isralei Committee Against House Demolition (ICAHD), they also toured around Jerusalem and listened to their perspective on the occupation. They were also shown and toured inside Dhaisha Refugee Camp, the Nativity Church in Bethlehem, Al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron.
They were also briefed about the various EJ YMCA programs, including the Rehabilitation Programs where they met some of it beneficiaries in Hebron, the Vocational Training Center in Jericho which they visited and toured inside, the Women Development Program, and also met with the EJ YMCA and YWCA of Palestine General Secretaies in Jerusalem.
A celebration anniversity was conducted and future plans were discussed together.
