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itrek Mission 2026 itinerary

Arrival & Opening: Israel 2026

2:00 PM - 4:45 PM | Welcome to the itrek Mission - Welcome desk open, Sheraton Grand Tel Aviv
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM | Opening Session and Orientation
6:15 PM - 7:00 PM | Drive or walk to dinner
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM | Dinner with Opening Speaker: Michael Eisenberg, Venture Capitalist, Aleph
10:00 PM | Drive back to the hotel

Tel Aviv: Innovation & Urban Leadership

6:15 AM - 7:15 AM | Optional Recreational Activities
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM | Tech Aviv: Up Close with the Builders of Israeli Tech.
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM | Meeting with Tel Aviv’s Deputy Mayor. Visit to City Hall and the Municipal War Room
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM | Lunch
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Israeli Culture Through its Artistic Lens. Walking Tour
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | Free time
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM | Private Dinner with Guest Speaker: Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (invited).
10:00 PM - 10:30 PM | Drive back to the Sheraton

Gaza Envelope: Security, Trauma & Rebuilding

7:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Travel South with Geopolitical Briefing En Route
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Guided Walking Tour in a Gaza Envelope kibbutz Impacted on Oct. 7th, led by a resident
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | Nova Festival site with personal testimony from a survivor and time for reflection
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM | Lunch at Meshek Dubkin
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | Visit to CMCC, the U.S.-Led Civil Military Coordination Center headquarters
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Drive back to Tel Aviv
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM | itrek Dinner in Tel Aviv with supporters, alumni, and friends

Gaza Envelope: Security, Trauma & Rebuilding

8:00 AM - 9:15 AM | Check Out and Travel to Jerusalem
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM | East Jerusalem Walking Encounter led by Husam Musa
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | The Pilgrimage Road
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Lunch
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM | Israeli Society Panel
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Conversation with Amit Segal, senior political commentator, Channel 12 News
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM | Farewell Dinner
8:30 PM - 10:00 PM | Transportation to airport and Tel Aviv