7 August: Nazereth, a day of activism

Today (06/08) we were going to Nazereth to meet up whit a few activists who were going to give us an explenation of the history of Nazareth.

After a late breakfast we left early (If you don’t understand this paradox: ask Oli), heading towards Nazareth. Elias actually made it to the bus! We also had a special guest: Diana from Argentina was on a journey sponsored by the Jewish Zionist movement and wanted to learn about the Palestinian side of the story.

Our first stop was on .?. (Great view!) where Nadeem, the guide, explained us about the geographical and demographical situation of Nazareth and its surroundings.

He also told us about Nazareth Elite and the difficult relationship between the two cities.

In the old city we went to visit the church annunciation for the Christians and the Orthodox Greeks. In the first one we had to make sure to cover ourselves well. Otherwise the guard wouldn’t let us enter.

Time for free time! Time to shop for souvenirs, to not eat humus and to chill out!

Afterwards we were invited into Daker’s little chalet. He is a Palestinian activist, just like Nadeem. He told us about the history of Nazareth and Nazareth Elite and how it was for people to live there today.

Next, the bus took us to pick up Daoud Bader, coordinator of the Association for the Defence of Rights of the Internally Displaces Persons in Israel and an activist who used to live in Souffrane, which was confiscated by the Israeli army in 1948. The villagers had to flee and weren’t able to return until today although they have the right to do so. Daoud Bader and his organisation are trying to help these internally displaced persons in Israel.

Back in Jaffa we had dinner with cauliflower, chicken on a stick, humus (of course) and lots of bamia and stuff for the veggies.

To finish this heavy day, we deserved a visit to the lovely Jaffa night market and/or to the lovely beach.