What’s the food like and is vegetarian and/or kosher food available?
Palestinians eat a lot of bread, hummus, cheese, rice, potatoes, vegetables, and meat (especially chicken). Everything is cooked in lots of good, Palestinian olive oil. Falafel is readily available at small restaurants and shops. Families will often serve food they’ve made themselves, or that is at least locally made, especially bread and cheese. Palestinian hospitality is known worldwide, and for good reason. Along with that, however, comes a responsibility to accept that hospitality. It is not always polite to refuse food. Having said that, most people we meet with are familiar with internationals and thus familiar with people who have different eating habits than their own. If you are vegetarian or vegan, you should be fine. You will have to make a personal decision about how strict you wish to be in this context. If you are strictly kosher, and eating vegetarian would not accommodate your religious practices, you may have a hard time. The food we eat with our Palestinian hosts will
