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Palestine holidays

January 2024

  • Soldiers in a trench during the first world war

    Brief letters
    A skirt served my grandfather well in the first world war

    Brief letters: Men in skirts | Government priorities | The misery of January | Harriet Beecher Stowe | Give pants a chance

December 2019

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    The Guardian picture essay
    Little town of Bethlehem – a travel photo essay

    Palestinians increasingly see tourism as a way to tell their story, and a trip to Bethlehem and East Jerusalem offers an evocative insight into the hopes and fears of the West Bank community

July 2018

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    Yasmin Khan’s Palestinian recipes: hummus, kefte and pomegranate cake

    With her new cookbook, Zaitoun, Yasmin Khan shines a light on Palestine and its people. Plus seven recipes from the book

July 2017

  • Residents of Gaza City cool off in the sea. Levels of contamination of the water have reached record levels this year.

    'The worst it's been': children continue to swim as raw sewage floods Gaza beach

    For most of the 2 million people in this overcrowded strip of land – largely cut off from the outside world – the beach and sea are the only affordable form of recreation. The only option now is to swim and even fish in filthy water

March 2017

  • The nine-room Walled Off hotel in Bethlehem will officially open on 11 March.

    The Walled Off hotel by Banksy – in pictures

  • A pillow fight mural from Banksy’s new hotel in Bethlehem.

    'Worst view in the world': Banksy opens hotel overlooking Bethlehem wall

July 2016

  • Abraham's Path near Jenin

    On the radar
    The West Bank opens up its great outdoors

    The striking, culturally rich landscape of the Judean desert in Palestine is starting to lure visitors with new hiking routes, homestays and Bedouin treks

May 2016

  • A view of Rawabi

    The story of cities
    Story of cities #49: the long road to Rawabi, Palestine's first planned city

    Is this privately financed city project in the heart of occupied West Bank a momentous trailblazer, or a colossal folly? Harriet Sherwood pays a visit

June 2015

  • H2 used to be a tense, bleak place of shuttered shops and deserted streets.

    Resilient cities
    A ghost city revived: the remarkable transformation of Hebron

    Twenty years ago, the Old City of Hebron – one of the most important religious sites to Jews and Muslims – was crumbling, as curfews and restrictions reduced the Palestinian population to just 400. Then the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee started work

April 2015

  • Al Manara Square in the centre of the city.

    Resilient cities
    The insider's cultural guide to Ramallah: 'A misunderstood cosmopolitan bubble'

    From house parties to green almonds, glitch music to embroidered art, lingerie boutique owner Christina Ganim shows us round the West Bank city

March 2015

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    After Banksy: the parkour guide to Gaza – video

    In response to graffiti artist Banksy's Make this the Year YOU Discover a New Destination Gaza tourist video, the territory's parkour team show us what real life is like in the ruined city

March 2014

  • Hiking near Sebastia, Palestine

    Peace in the Middle East: holidays in the countryside

    Despite tensions, tourism in the Middle East is growing and, for the most part, visitors can travel safely. Daniel Adamson assesses the situation in Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Oman and Tunisia

June 2012

  • derwent water

    Holiday ideas: tips and trips

    Family walks in Wainwright's footsteps, visiting Israel and Palestine and three of the best outdoor cinemas in Europe

March 2012

  • stefan-szepesi-walking-palestine

    Hills, olive groves … and a ferris wheel: hikers find the unexpected in Palestine

    With foreign visitors and local people blazing a trail in West Bank, diplomat Stefan Szepesi publishes guide to 25 walks

November 2011

  • Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem

    10 highlights of Palestine

    As Bradt brings out its first guide to Palestine, its author, Sarah Irving, recommends her top 10 things to see and do in the West Bank, from ancient palaces to new community tourism projects - and the world's most unlikely Oktoberfest

September 2011

  • First LRT Trains on Jaffa Road

    New tramline connects communities and divides opinion in Jerusalem

    'Handy but politically questionable' transport link runs through Jewish and Arab settlements and into controversy

August 2011

  • al-mashtal

    Gaza's first five-star hotel provides luxury and hope amid the blockades

    The al-Mashtal doesn't have tourists and sits next to a military training camp, but its very existence is a symbol of optimism

December 2010

  • Church of Nativity

    The Holy Land is on a tourism high

  • nicholas blincoe

    Bethlehem: Lessons from Christmas Town

September 2010

  • Douma

    Walking in Palestine

    Palestine is synonymous with violence, but Kevin Rushby finds politics takes a back seat on an extraordinary new walking route where the people are welcoming and the countryside stunning

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