Should Birthright Trips Visit Hebron?

A recent group's tour in the contentious West Bank city has raised questions about whether Birthright can travel beyond the so-called Green Line into the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Gal Beckerman, The Forward
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Gal Beckerman, The Forward

A Taglit-Birthright tour visiting Israel in early July made a stop in a city that most of these groups have studiously avoided: Hebron. And this stop has raised questions about whether Birthright can travel beyond the so-called Green Line into the Israeli-occupied West Bank, with differing answers from American and Israeli Birthright officials.

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