A delegation of the German Federal Agency for Civic Education - bpb - is hosted by the KAS

On 14 May 2019 we spent the full day with a delegation of the Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb). The program started with a briefing by our country director Marc Frings on the political and social situation in Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the West Bank. We then went on a tour with Moien Odeh through Kufr Aqab, a Palestinian neighbourhood of East Jerusalem. We could learn more about the complex and special realities of Palestinians in the city. In Ramallah, we met our long-standing partner Dr. Khalil Shikaki, founder and director of the Palestinian Center for Policy & Survey Research - PSR. The group discussed with him the social and political trends of recent years. The US-Palestinian entrepreneur Sam Bahour talked in an afternoon session about the very sensitive current situation in the region and brought the participants closer to daily life realities in the West Bank. We finished the day with a traditional Iftar together with Zack Sabella, Aseel Baidoun and Inès Abdel Razek in order to learn more about perspectives and hopes of young Palestinians.