The Italian member of the European Parliament and President of the Foundation of European Progressive Studies (FEPS), Massimo D’Alema, visited TIPH and Hebron on 3 February 2012.

TIPH supports a winter camp for girls in Hebron at the Ceramic School in Tareq Ibn Ziad.

On 17 December a Norwegian delegation headed by Ms. Rigmor Aasrud, Minister of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs, Norway, visited Hebron and TIPH.

On 6 December, over 30 diplomats from diplomatic missions to Israel and to the Palestinian Authority followed an invitation from the Norwegian TIPH Coordinator to visit Hebron and TIPH.

Family House – the café which is run by the Hebron Women Charitable Society – was filled with preschool children from a nearby kindergarten, when two clowns visited.

More than one hundred children attended a Fun day at the Tel Rumeida Association, arranged by TIPH and partner organisations. Clowns from Isaad Al-Tufule entertained both children and parents.

The six member countries of TIPH convened in Hebron to discuss and coordinate the work of TIPH. The Capital meeting occurs twice a year, once in Hebron and once on a rotating schedule between the member countries.

In a friendly match between TIPH football players and a team of local journalists TIPH won 6-5.

Sunday 16 October 2011, TIPH Head of Mission, Brigadier General Einar Johnsen met with Top Palestinian Negotiator Dr. Sa’eb Erakat at his office in Jericho.

Wednesday, 5 Oct 2011, The TIPH Head of Mission Einar Johnsen and Political Advisor Karin Limdal met with the Palestinian Member of Parliament, Dr.Sahar Qawasmeh, at the TIPH Headquarters

A day just for fun was the message when TIPH and several of its partners invited all the children in the Old City to participate in a Fun Day at the parking lot of Hebron Rehabilitation Committee.

Several tons of free flour are being distributed to bakeries and Qatayef sellers in the Old City of Hebron. —The purpose is to attract Hebronites to the Old City Center by selling bread and sweets at half price during the month of Ramadan, says TIPH Project Manager Omar Al-Samarai

To strengthen the relations with the local population TIPH continued the tradition of arranging Iftar for people in Hebron. This year over 400 guests attended.—I am very pleased that so many wanted to come, says Hallstein Laupsa, TIPH Community Relations Officer and coordinator for the Iftar.

Nineteen new TIPH observers, from four different countries, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Italy, have now arrived in Hebron. After having completed an introduction course, they will be ready to start their new jobs.

Two hundred young Hebronites participated in a photo competition arranged by the TIPH, Hebron—France Association for Cultural Exchange, Partners for Sustainable Development, Al-Nukhba Model School and Hebron Rehabilation Committee. On Thursday evening, the winners were presented at a ceremony held at the Old City Museum.

During the month of July TIPH is supporting a series of summer camps for children in Hebron. One of the camps is for girls aged 6 to 12 in the newly opened Tariq Ibn Ziad Sport Centre in the Old City. The Center is partially funded by TIPH and run by Hebron Municipality.

One of TIPH:s partners in Hebron, the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee, HRC, celebrated its 15th anniversary with a large conference on preserving historic city centres. TIPH was present as the conference opened with a festive ceremony on Tuesday.

On Monday, the TIPH received a memorial plaque from Al-Ihsan Charitable Society in Hebron. The organisation helps children with physical and mental disabilities, and TIPH has supported its activities for several years.

On Thursday, TIPH arranged a well attended workshop at the Spanish Academy in downtown Hebron. Women from the Old City and Tel Rumeida – both parts of the H2 area, got an opportunity to discuss how to address grievances to the proper authorities. The workshop was organised in cooperation with the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

On 25 June, TIPH, in cooperation with Hebron-France Association and Hebron Rehabilitation Committee, arranged a cultural evening in the Old City.

On Wednesday, the TIPH Head of Mission, Einar Johnsen, visited the Monastery of the Holy Patriarchs in Hebron, the only Christian site in the TIPH area of responsibility. The Head of Mission met with Hieromonk Aleksiy, who heads this Russian Orthodox Monastery. Father Aleksiy showed Mr. Johnsen the Monastery, and informed about its history and the Russian Church’s activities in Palestine throughout the ages.

On Thursday, TIPH made an effort to return some of the hospitality shown by the Hebronites, and opened the gates of the TIPH base for a neighbourhood day. Several hundreds of guests arrived, and were treated with theatre, games and a lot of children’s activities.

The H2 Tariq bin Ziad area from this day boasts a sports centre with a world class wrestling hall, a swimming pool and several other facilities. TIPH has been partly funding the project, which has been run implemented jointly by the TIPH, the Hebron Municipality, the Tariq bin Ziad Sports Club and the French organisation Fédération Sportive et Gymnique du Travail.

TIPH, the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee and the Office of the United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights issued on Tuesday a joint statement on a series of workshops, carried out during the two last months.

The latest group of TIPH observers completed on Monday their introduction course with a tour of Jerusalem, where the observers could learn about Jewish and Muslim traditions and claims of the region. The Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and the Temple Mount were visited, as well as other places of significance.

On Thursday, TIPH held a farewell ceremony at the headquarters, where the Head of Mission, Einar Johnsen, awarded service medals to the 17 colleagues who leave the Mission.

4 April 2011 TIPH attended the reopening ceremony of Al-Mutanabbi School located in Jabal Jawhar in the H2 area.

This week former TIPH Heads of Mission celebrate a reunion in Hebron. Nine former TIPH leaders have gathered to meet former colleagues and friends, share experiences and to get informed about the evolution of the situation in Hebron throughout the years.

On Wednesday, a group of Israeli journalists, representing Russian language media outlets, visited Hebron to meet the TIPH Head of Mission, Einar Johnsen, and to be briefed on TIPH and the situation in the city.

29 March TIPH Head of Mission, Einar Johnsen, handed out diplomas to 27 Hebron women who completed a business course, partially funded by the TIPH and arranged by the Hebron Chamber of Commerce.

A team from European organisations, among them the TIPH, was close to beating a Palestinian team, with players from the Palestinian Authority, in a friendship game on Saturday.

26 March marks the 9th anniversary of the killing of two TIPH observers — Catherine Berruex from Switzerland and Deputy Head of Operations Turgut Cengiz Toytunç from Turkey. To honour the memory of the fallen colleagues, the TIPH performed a ceremony, lead by TIPH Head of Mission, Brigadier General Einar Johnsen.

Today the world celebrates the 100th anniversary of the International Women’s Day, established in 1911 in Copenhagen, Denmark. TIPH performs several activities and projects, aimed at women’s empowerment.

This week, Al-Quds Open University in Hebron celebrates its 20th anniversary, and TIPH was invited to take part in the opening ceremony, attended by hundreds of dignitaries, students and guests.

On Tuesday 1 March Hebron Municipality formally took over the Tariq Bin Ziad Sports Centre from the contractors.

Observers from the TIPH monitored closely the demonstrations in Hebron on Friday the 25th of February. The demonstrators demanded the down town al-Shuhada street, which is closed by for Palestinians for security reasons, to be reopened. In several places demonstrators clashed with Israeli and Palestinian security forces.

February 21st, the TIPH visited the Fahid al-Qawasma Schools for Boys, a primary school in Hebron, to inform the children about the TIPH mandate and its activities.

A Spanish delegation, headed by the Spanish Foreign Minister, Mrs. Trinidad Jiménez García-Herrera, visited Hebron as a part of a two day visit to the region. The visit attracted a large amount of journalists and a handful of Jewish settler demonstrators, as Spain is supporting a housing project in down town Hebron. The demonstrators chanted slogans against the visit, but the demonstration was soon dispersed by Israeli Police.

Eleven new TIPH observers from the six contributing nations undergo currently an introduction course at the TIPH Head Quarters. The purpose of the course is to familiarise the new comers with TIPH’s mandate, its core activities and other relevant objects.

As part of a five day long tour in the Middle East, the Norwegian Parliament’s Committee for Foreign Affairs and Defence visited Hebron and the TIPH.

Diplomats from the TIPH’s contributing nations visited Hebron to get acquainted with the current situation and ongoing TIPH-sponsored projects in the city.

By learning the basics in marketing and sales a group of 20 women from Hebron started their vocational training to become full-fledged sales women.

Through discussions, group exercises and practical workshops a group of 20 university students from the Polytechnic University in Hebron are trained in community based youth development.

On 16 December 2010, the TIPH supported the first children ‘Marathon’ in Hebron together with the Al Nukhba Model School. More than 300 children ran a two km long ‘Marathon’, starting at Abu Mazen Restaurant and ending at Al Nukhba Model School.

The vital importance of defending human rights in occupied territories was on the agenda when international, Israeli and Palestinian organisations gathered for a workshop at Hebron University.

The TIPH’s recent activities and the developments in Hebron were among the subjects discussed when TIPH Head of Mission, Einar Johnsen, met with Chief Palestinian Negotiator, Dr. Sa’eb Erekat, in Ramallah on 29 November 2010.

Traffic security, early marriage and the importance of education are topics discussed in a play by Youth & Children Dreams Charitable Society in Hebron.

More than 1,200 hebronites came to enjoy Palestinian food and international cuisine at the first ever Traditional Food Festival in the Old City of Hebron.