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“Here's the Separation Wall”: Political tourism in the Holy Land
Author(s) -
Chaitin Julia
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
conflict resolution quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.323
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1541-1508
pISSN - 1536-5581
DOI - 10.1002/crq.21036
Subject(s) - politics , trips architecture , tourism , political science , palestine , social justice , economic justice , public relations , process (computing) , sociology , political economy , law , engineering , history , ancient history , transport engineering , computer science , operating system
This article explores political tourism to Israel–Palestine that focuses on supporting peace and social justice activities. These tours visit locations of contention and meet with organizations working to end the conflict and social injustices. I provide an overview of thirty‐one organizations that carry out political tours, and discuss sociopolitical issues and psychosocial factors that are important to address in such trips, providing examples from tours. It is suggested that when tours take these issues into consideration, a potential is created to build a cadre of better‐informed and culturally sensitive activists who can support the peace process.