Ramallah, Palestine: Cultural Capital
More info about Rick's travels to Palestine: Ramallah hosts the Palestinian government and international agencies, and is filled with positive energy from the students at nearby Birzeit University.
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Ramallah 4k - Tour in the Streets of Ramallah - Palestine
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#Ramallah (Arabic: رام_الله# , romanized: About this sound Rām Allāh, lit. 'God's Height' is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank located 10 km (6 miles) north of Jerusalem at an average elevation of 880 meters (2,890 ft) above sea level, adjacent to al-Bireh. It currently serves as the de facto administrative capital of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). Ramallah was historically an Arab Christian town. Muslims form the majority of the population with Christians making up a significant minority.
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Ramallah city - PALESTINE مدينة رام الله كما لم تشاهدها من قبل
Ramallah city - PALESTINE مدينة رام الله كما لم تشاهدها من قبل
Palestine
More info at This time we're venturing beyond Europe to visit the West Bank of the Jordan River — a land its residents call Palestine. After visiting Jerusalem, we harvest olives near Ramallah, follow pilgrims to the site of Jesus' birth in Bethlehem, approach Abraham's tomb — as both Jews and Muslims do — in Hebron, join friends for dinner, and bob in the Dead Sea. We'll also learn about walls, Israeli settlements, and the challenges facing this region. | © 2014 Rick Steves' Europe
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S6: Nablus | E1: Streets Of Nablus
Nestled in a valley between two striking, arid mountains, Mount Jarzim and Mount Etal, Nablus is very much the nerve centre of the upper West Bank. This beautiful, ancient city – known as the uncrowned Queen of Palestine – is heaving with life, but not yet with tourism. Its most famous exports are olive oil, soap, cotton and carob.
Nablus is a hotbed of Palestinian activism, tangible in the air as you navigate its heaving streets. Posters picturing martyrs, those who have died in the struggle against Israel, hang regularly on street corners alongside the Palestinian flag. This city conjures up a vivid picture of the heart of Palestine.
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Wandering in Ramallah
We walk trough Ramallah, drink coffee and visit a couple of shopping malls
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This special episode of DIY Destinations featuring occupied Palestine, and its FREE and inexpensive, must-see attractions from the North to the South, including from understanding the importance and visiting oldest olive tree in al-Walaja, the birthplace of Jesus in Church of Nativity in Bethlehem, and retracing his footstep in Wadi Qelt to Jericho along the way visiting St. George Monastery and Mount of Temptation, Hisham's Palace and Herod's Palace. We'll also visit Aida Refugee Camps to see the realty of life under military occupation and Al-Shuhada Street. We'll also sample the street food and sweet Kanafeh in Nablus and experience Turkish bath. In Jenin, we'll visit Cinema Jenin Project and famous largest oldest church in the world in Burgin's St. George Church. All done safely, inexpensive and easily!
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New Palestinian government sworn in in Ramallah
(13 Apr 2019) A new government for the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority was sworn in Saturday, led by a veteran peace negotiator and harsh critic of Gaza's Hamas rulers.
President Mahmoud Abbas picked Mohammed Ishtayeh as prime minister, a move that deepens the internal Palestinian divide at a time when prospects for a peace deal with Israel are possibly at their lowest point ever.
A longtime adviser to Abbas and a senior member of his Fatah party, Ishtayeh and his 24-member cabinet took the oath of office at Abbas' headquarters in Ramallah.
Ishtayeh faces tremendous challenges, with the PA in a deep financial crisis following U.S. sanctions and Israel's withholding of $138 million in key tax revenues it collects on behalf of the Palestinians.
Israel says the slashed sums were designated for families of Palestinian who carried out attacks against Israel.
The new cabinet replaces a technocratic government formed by Rami Hamdallah in 2014 after an agreement between Fatah and Hamas, the Islamic militant group that has run the Gaza Strip after ousting Fatah and evicting the PA in 2007.
Despite enormous Egyptian efforts, the attempted unity government failed to reconcile the two groups.
Abbas' firing of Hamdallah and assigning Ishtayeh, a British-educated economist, to lead the next government reflects his frustration over the narrowing chances of an inter-Palestinian unity accord.
As peace talks with Israel ran aground years ago and the Trump administration will likely put forward a peace plan that the Palestinians say favors Israel, Abbas badly needed to garner power at home and extend his control back to Gaza, which Hamas governs separately.
But Hamas accused Abbas of acting unilaterally, saying in a statement Saturday that swearing in a separatist government boosts the division between Gaza and the West Bank as a practical step to implement the 'deal of the century,' the name the Palestinians use to refer to the undisclosed U.S. peace plan.
In a meeting with the new cabinet, Abbas, 83, called on them to continue to fight the (Israeli) occupation with all legal means, referring to U.N. organizations, as well as through peaceful popular resistance.
He said Israel should bear the consequences if it did not withdraw from territories it occupied since the 1967 Mideast war.
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Prince William visits a West Bank marketplace in Ramallah
Prince William visits a marketplace in the city of Ramallah in the Palestinian territories where he chats with market stall holders and later kicks a football around with some local children. Report by Simon Anderson.
Cruising through downtown Hebron, West Bank, Palestinian Authority's largest city
Cruising through downtown H1 Hebron, West Bank, Judea, Israel / Palestine, Ein Sarah Street. Visit Kentucky Fried Chicken, Domino's Pizza, Hussein Ibn Ali Stadium, and the 8-floor Hebron Shopping Center.
Travel Palestine - Nablus
Nablus known as 'The Uncrowned Queen of Palestine' is one of the major commercial, industrial and agricultural centers in the West Bank and many historical and biblical sites are located in the region. Nablus is also renowned for its talented goldsmiths, its Nabulsi Soap and its tasty oriental pastery.
The Mount Gerzim in Nablus is the home of the Samaritans, the smallest and oldest sect in the world.
S2: Turmusaya | E1: Picking Figs with Siti in Palestine
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Palestinians have this huge attachment to their land. According to the Palestinian National Information Center, Palestinians have known the fig tree cultivation for thousands of years since the Canaanite era. Figs were one of the oldest fruit trees known to Palestinian people and cultivated by them.
The fig tree could survive under all environmental conditions and lives in all kinds of soils; sand, mud, and even rock. It does not require large quantities of water and fertilizers. It is resistant to pests and diseases, and all these qualities have given this tree a prominent place in Palestine.
Among the most famous species of figs are: Alnaqi, Alasali, Alkhadari, Albiaizi and Alkratmani, Almwazi, Alqlibi and Alswadi, Algharbi, Alqaisi, Almilaysi, Aladaisi, Alkharoubi, Alhamri and Faltaa’wi.
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Israelis take rare tour of Palestinian stronghold of Ramallah
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Road connecting Jerusalem to Ramallah
1. Tracking of cars on road leading to Ramallah
2. Wide of tour participants on bus going to Ramallah
3. Mid of tour guide speaking to tour participants UPSOUND (English) tour organiser: We didn't enter Ramallah yet; we still need about three metre, three hundred metres.
4. Close of tour participants on bus
Ramallah, West Bank
5. Tracking of bus driving down city street
6. Exterior of Mahmoud Darwish Museum
7. Mid of tour participants exiting bus
8. Wide of tour participants climbing up stairs to Mahmoud Darwish Museum
9. Wide of Mahmoud Darwish tomb
10. Mid of tour participants at Mahmoud Darwish Museum
11. Wide of tour participants, including organiser Gershon Baskin (in purple shirt), outside Mahmoud Darwish Museum
Rawabi, West Bank
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Gershon Baskin, tour organiser:
Israelis and Palestinians live in this land and don't get to meet, they don't get to talk to each other. There are walls and fences that divide them in a physical manner. There are psychological barriers that separate them with a psychology of fear that exists between the two sides. The only way that we're gonna break forth through any progress and making peace between the people who live here is to break down the walls and get the people to see each other, to talk to each other, to reach out, to understand the reality that each side is living in. We organise these tours in order to bring Israelis into Palestine, to Ramallah and the areas around the Ramallah so they can see the daily life and the challenges that Palestinians face.
Ramallah, West Bank
13. Wide of tour bus parked outside Samer's Restaurant
14. Mid of tour participants having lunch at Samer's Restaurant
15. Close of food on table - on the left-hand corner of the picture is Palestinian bread (round, on brown basket) as well as matza (in a plastic container), unleavened bread of the Jewish tradition
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Gavin Gross, tour participant:
The reason I come on these trips is I'm very curious as an Israeli - what's happening 15-20 minutes away from me? Palestinian cities that we normally can't get to visit. Because this is an official tour, an organised tour, I had a chance to visit and I grabbed it because I want to see with my own eyes and listen with my own ears.
17. Various of tour participants at mausoleum of late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat
Rawabi, West Bank
18. Wide of Rawabi city under construction
19. Wide of tour participants entering Rawabi showroom
20. Wide of tour participants visiting Rawabi showroom
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Ronit Ramati, tour participant:
I'm very impressed from Rawabi. It looks like a modern city and very well planned. It looks like people who will come to live here want to live and not to fight with each other.
22. Close of model of Rawabi at showroom
23. Wide of Rawabi buildings under construction seen from statue
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Ramallah, a bustling centre of Palestinian life is just a 20-minute drive from Jerusalem, but for Israelis it might as well be
on the other side of the world.
Since a major round of Israeli-Palestinian fighting more than a decade ago, Israelis have been kept out of Palestinian cities by the Israeli military and their own fears.
But after several years of relative calm, a few have begun trickling back in tours led by Palestinian guides and guarded by
plainclothes Palestinian security agents.
On Wednesday, about two dozen visitors, Israelis and a few foreigners, visited the city, as part of an ongoing peace initiative by activists that promotes co-existence.
separation that deepened the divide between the two peoples.
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PALESTINE
Palestine officially the State of Palestine is in the Middle East claiming the West Bank (bordering Israel and Jordan) and Gaza Strip (bordering Israel and Egypt) with East Jerusalem as the designated capital although its administrative center is located in Ramallah. Most of the areas claimed by the State of Palestine have been occupied by Israel since 1967 in the aftermath of the Six-Day War. The population is 4,550,368 as of 2014, ranked 123rd in the world.
About Rawabi City, Palestine عن مدينة روابي، فلسطين
The city of Rawabi was born of a strategic partnership forged between Massar International Chairman Bashar Masri and the State of Qatar. Built on a series of breathtaking hilltops north of Jerusalem and Ramallah, Rawabi overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the west and the landscape of Palestine to the north and east. As Palestine’s first master-planned city, Rawabi is an innovative approach to urban development, integrating best practices in planning, sustainability, and resource conservation.
The city will initially comprise roughly 6,000 housing units spread across 22 neighborhoods, eventually becoming home to more than 25,000 residents. Subsequent construction phases will bring the city’s population to 40,000.
Rawabi embraces elements of Palestine's architectural heritage and blends them into a sleek, modern design aesthetic. A bustling urban core anchors surrounding neighborhoods. The city center’s pedestrian promenade bursts with shopping and entertainment options. In the gleaming high-rise towers above, business incubators and growing enterprises support the nascent knowledge economy fueling the life of the city.
Every facet of day-to-day living has been considered in Rawabi’s master plan. Rawabi English Academy, the city’s first school, welcomed students in September 2016. A full complement of vital public services, including a regional hospital, urgent care clinics, emergency response stations and houses of worship are nearing completion. Residents already enjoy exciting entertainment at Wadena, Rawabi’s massive sports and recreation complex, featuring a Roman-style open-air theater complete with seating for 15,000.
For the hundreds of families currently living in the city, the dream of Rawabi has already come true. But with so many more exciting developments on the way, the best is yet to come!
The policeman of Ramallah (Palestinian Territory)
Visit PAÏS at / A Ramallah, on dit de lui qu'il travaille beaucoup / In Ramallah it's said that he works a lot.
Palestine Pool Party : Snowbar in Ramallah
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