A Palestinian’s Journey from Stone-Throwing to Conflict Resolution

MEJDI's Co-Founder Aziz Abu Sarah was recently interviewed by the Christian Science Monitor.

A Spiritual Pilgrimage

Shortly after returning home, a friend asked me to name one memorable moment from the trip. I said, "Seriously? Just one?" If I said, "The Church of the Resurrection," a member of our group could counter, "Not the Jordan River?' If I said "the Garden of Gethsemane," someone would say, "Not communion on the Mount of Beatitudes?" If I said, "Rami, the Jewish man who told how the death of his daughter propelled him into the holy work of peacemaking," someone else might respond, "Not the dinner in the home of Aziz's Palestinian family, and the story of his brother?" Feel free to ask any of our pilgrims about their ONE memorable moment. Good luck with that!

Bewitched, Bothered, & Bewildered by Israel (By Sheila Meyer)

While I have left Israel, Israel has not left me. My dreams are an almost psychedelic hodgepodge of the people and places I saw there. My waking thoughts are spent searching for a way to communicate what I saw...

MEJDI Tours Introduces Visitors To Israelis And Palestinians

Liel Maghen, an Israeli tour guide who describes himself as an ardent Zionist, said, “When you are really confident, you can absorb and listen to other stories.” Palestinian guide Tamer Omari said, “narratives only collide because they choose not to stress the same things. If you want to be pro anybody, you have to be pro everybody.”

Using Israeli and Palestinian guides, tour group helps visitors ‘experience the people’

“They are not doing tours for the sake of people just having a great time—though you do have a great time,” Moyle says. “But there is something deeper and greater going on there. They are helping people understand that the world is deeper, more complex. And in the process, they are trying to make the world a better place.”

St. Mark’s Holy Land Pilgrimage 2013

Amazing blog from our St. Mark's Pilgrimage group (2013) from Washington, DC. So much fun to see the experience through their eyes!