Col (Res) Grisha Yakabovich
List of Offerings
LECTURES (IN ISRAEL AND ABROAD)
- Economy and Sanctions, Reconciliation of PA and Hamas government (Economy and Sanctions), Security Issues
- The International Players
B. The Palestinian War of Narratives
C. Is a Peace Agreement Possible? (The Palestinian/Israeli Negotiation mindsets)
D. The Story of The Gaza Strip, a 360 Degree View of the security issues, civil issues, and life in the Gaza and the challenges it poses to the relative players.
- The International Community and the Gaza Strip (ICRC, UNRWA, UN)
- Infrastructure and Challenges (Energy, water and sewage: A Catch 22 Crisis)
- Politics and Society (Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Salafia, ISIS and PA and Palestinian Refugees)
- Egypt and Gaza
- Economy
- Security Issues (Tunnel Economy and Hamas’s Budget and Impact of Israeli Operations)
E. Humanitarian Aid in Operation Defensive Edge
F. Understanding The West Bank
- What are the Borders? (Security Fence, Checkpoints, Crossings, Jordan Valley and Areas A,B,C and D)
- Infrastructure of the West Bank (Electricity, water, Energy, Sewage, and who pays for it and environmental issues)
- Civil and security coordination (relations between Israel and PA)
- Settlements (Strategy, ideology, and infrastructure)
- Economy and Boycott Divestment Sanctions
- Future Arrangements (Jordan, Israel and the PA)
- Possible Initiatives (A Fugitive Palestinian State, The Future Palestinian Economy)
- International Community the West Bank
Professional Field Tours
Specific and tailored tours can be built using any of the options presented in order to QUARTER-, HALF-, full- and TWO-day tours.
- Ad Halom Bridge and Hill 69 (45 min)
- Netiv HaAsara (30 min)
- Erez Crossing (15 min)
- Assaf Sibony Observation Site (30 min) (Main Lecture part 1)
- Black Arrow Memorial Site (45 min) (Main Lecture part 2)
- Old Berot Itzik (30 min)
- Kerem Shalom Border Crossing (1 hour)
- Tour of Hamas Tunnel (45 min)
Additional Options:
- Meeting with Palestinian Merchant from Gaza (30 min)
- Tour of Sderot (90 min)
- Meeting with residents of Kibbutzim surrounding Gaza
- Desalination Plant in Ashkelon
2. Challenges of The Security Barrier around Jerusalem and Satellite Neighborhoods
- Gilo Observation Point onto the area of Beit Jala
- Har Homa, the southern border of Jerusalem and the prospects of territorial agreement in Jerusalem
- Nof Zion, the eastern border and as overlook on the Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem
- The Abu Dis Security Fence, and the impact of the security barrier on East Jerusalemites
- Mount of Olives, the “Historic Basin” and possible solutions for the Peace Agreement
- Mount Scopus Overlook, the E1 Master Plan and the “Eastern Front”
- Shuafat Refugee Camp, the new “no man’s land: of the Jerusalem envelope
Shomron Tour 1 – Israel’s Narrow Body
- Alfei Menashe (1 hour)
- Inside Qalqilya (Meet with PA official) (2 hours)
- Palestinian Agricultural Nursery (Area C (1 hour)
- Pedestrian Crossing (Eyal) (45 min)
- Observation Point and lecture about Tulkarem. How the security fence supports the economy.
Shomron Tour 2 (Shared Existence of the Future)
- Lecture and orientation in Peduel
- Shomron Regional Council (presentation from Council Leaders)
- Visit a factory in Area C where Palestinian and Israelis work side by side
- Palestinian Green House in Area C
- Tour of Rawabi (Planned Palestinian City)
Optional Add-ons
- Breakfast at Palestinian Green House
Balances in Building the Security Fence
- Latrun (Yad L’Shirion Tank Museum) and drive road 443
- Observation and lecture in Neve Samuel
- Kalandia Crossing
- Mount Scopus
The Politics of Water (Professional Day)
- Understanding Urban Sewage in East Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria (90 Min)
- Hadera Desalination Plant tour and field Training
- Presentation from CEO of Facility Operations at Desalination Plant
- Travel to Tel Aviv and hear Oded Fixler present on Red Sea Dead Sea Project, Water Authority
- Presentation on “Water Politics” Israel-PA relations in the field of water