The extreme-left U.S.-based Tikkun organization is set to arrive Friday on a "solidarity trip" that includes a meeting with PLO chief Yasser Arafat and other Palestinian Authority officials. Israel has called upon world leaders, mostly with success, to boycott the PA leader for his involvement in anti-Israel terrorism.
During their visit, the group, which consists of both Jews and non-Jews, is scheduled to "offer prayers in a Christian Church" before setting off to Ramallah for a meeting with the head of the PLO, whom they refer to as "President Yasser Arafat", and a tour of the arch-terrorist's destroyed compound. In Hevron, the Tikkun tourists are to visit PA leaders in the city.
During the Tikkun "solidarity mission", the participants will also get to see the Israeli side. They will meet with heads of the extremist Gush Shalom movement, the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), Machsom-Watch (which claims to be dedicated to the rights of Arabs at IDF checkpoints), as well as with Oslo-architect Yossi Beilin and the heads of the Shinui and Labor parties, Tommy Lapid and Shimon Peres. With Machsom-Watch, the group will "visit an Israeli check-point and observe house demolitions and land confiscation."
In addition, the group is also scheduled to visit what their itinerary calls an "Israeli settlement near Bethlehem," which is reportedly to be the Gush Etzion town of Efrat.
During their visit, the group, which consists of both Jews and non-Jews, is scheduled to "offer prayers in a Christian Church" before setting off to Ramallah for a meeting with the head of the PLO, whom they refer to as "President Yasser Arafat", and a tour of the arch-terrorist's destroyed compound. In Hevron, the Tikkun tourists are to visit PA leaders in the city.
During the Tikkun "solidarity mission", the participants will also get to see the Israeli side. They will meet with heads of the extremist Gush Shalom movement, the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), Machsom-Watch (which claims to be dedicated to the rights of Arabs at IDF checkpoints), as well as with Oslo-architect Yossi Beilin and the heads of the Shinui and Labor parties, Tommy Lapid and Shimon Peres. With Machsom-Watch, the group will "visit an Israeli check-point and observe house demolitions and land confiscation."
In addition, the group is also scheduled to visit what their itinerary calls an "Israeli settlement near Bethlehem," which is reportedly to be the Gush Etzion town of Efrat.