Each year, JPAC member communities sponsor California state legislators’ travel to Israel for a 9-day study trip. Experiencing Israel, most for the first time, it is a unique educational opportunity to learn first-hand about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Middle East region. Legislators visit various historical sites and meet with their counterparts in the Israeli government to discuss shared challenges and best practices and to learn about Israeli homeland security and bioterrorism, environmental practices, multiculturalism in education, and the political system, amongst other issues.
Visiting the world's largest water desalination plan in Ashkelon, Israel (December 2009)
(L-R) Senator Curren D. Price, Jr., JPAC Chair Marc Carrel, Desalination Plant Spokesperson, Senator Roy Ashburn, and Senator Gloria Negrete McLeod
Legislative and community leaders are briefed by Israel Defense Forces personnel on the border with Gaza (December 2008)
(L-R) Terri Smooke (Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles), Assemblymember John A. Pérez, Assemblymember Paul Krekorian, Assemblymember Van Tran, Assemblymember Dave Jones, JPAC Chair Marc Carrel, Israel Defense Forces spokesperson
Overlooking Jerusalem at the Haas Promenade (November 2007)
(L-R) Assemblymember Ted Lieu, Assemblymember Mike Davis, Assemblymember Mike Feuer, Assemblymember Jared Huffman, Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore Sally Lieber, Assemblymember John Laird, and Assemblymember Joel Anderson
Meeting with the Mayor of Sderot Eli Moyal (December 2006)
(L-R) Assemblymember Bonnie Garcia, Assemblymember Jean Fuller, Ron Leibow (Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles), Mayor Eli Moyal, Assemblymember Chuck Devore, and Santa Barbara County Supervisor Salud Carbajal
