Neighbors East and West 
Promoting Peace Through Personal Contact and Experience

About Neighbors East and West
(Contact and History)

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April 09 NEW Iran Travelers

For Iran travel information, and accounts and a slide show from earlier NEW trips to Iran,  click here
Neighbors East and West announces

Gaining Perspective in the Holy Land

A Travel Program in Palestine and Israel

Led By Dr. Tony Bing,
Prof Emeritus, Earlham College


June 13 - 26, 2011
NEW Group at At Tuana

The Travelers to Palestine and Israel are Safely Home

For and account of the trip, by retired AFSC  worker Jim Matlack.
follow one of the links below:

The Plight of the Palestinians (HTML web page)
The Plight of the Palestinians (PDF Document)

Sam Neff has posted a sort of blog on the trip here

Shirley Harryman produced this guest opinion in the
Kalispell Daily Interlake

(Mr. Reed Yeater of Polson wrote this response)

This article was submitted by David Reese to the
Kalispell Daily Interlake, and then rejected


Here are links to Ted Lollis' very thorough account of
our trip, and reference to places he visited after most
travelers had returned home:

http://peace.maripo.com/trip_2011_part_1.htm
http://peace.maripo.com/trip_2011_part_2.htm

Ted has  now made available a two-part lecture which he has given recently to a group from the University of Tennessee

His lecture is titled:  Palestine, Israel and other Tragedies
find an on-line version at this link: http://peace.maripo.com/e_03jan12_1.htm

Will Boland has given a slide show at the Helena MT Public Lirary
See an introductory article here:PalestineTripStuff/BolandArticle.html

Follow this link for an introductory article and photos the NEW trip
to Palestine and Israel, which is the first in a series to appear in the
weekly paper, Valley Views


For Background Material on the Palestinian - Israeli conflict,
we recommend this list of materials:

Reading List


Rabbi Brant Rosen of Evanston, IL, has recently led a group of

Americans to Palestine, engaging in activities similar to those
which we are planning.  To learn of that trip, and many reactions
of the participants, read the entries on Palestine at this link (be sure to look under 'older posts':

http://rabbibrant.com/category/palestine/

Here is one of those posts by Marge Frank:

From the Side of the Oppressed: A Guest Post From Palestine











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Darcy and her New - Found Friends


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Tabatabai House, Kashan


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09 Neighbors East and West Iran Travelers


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Tehran Traffic


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Bob Mullen Playing Frisbee with Abyaneh Children


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Restaurant in Foothills in North Tehran


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Women in the Tehran Bazaar


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Abadeh Pre-Schoolers sing ABC's


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Tami and Will at Khaju Bridge, Esfahan


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Iranian and American Friends


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Ahmad Hazegh shows a Nomad Carpet, Esfahan


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Ruth showing Brownie Book


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Imam Mosque, Esfahan


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Veterinary School, Tehran


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Iranian Oil Associates, Shiraz Bazaar


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In Sa'ad Abad Palace Grounds


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Walking Group, Tehran