We will in fact be offering day trips on the last day
of the
conference (August 7th). More information on our conference website.
Baqa or Nazlat 'Isa don't really make for interesting enough tourist
trips to warrant an organized tour to. I would suggest, as another
possibility in the West Bank, to visit Bethlehem instead. It has much
higher touristic value. We will be checking out options to have this
included as a possible day trip. Thousands of tourists travel there
every week - it's only about 5 miles south of Jerusalem...
Harel
I have visited Bethlehem on my own on a couple of occasions, and I agree
that this is an interesting tourist destination, but as far as I understand
Israeli citizens are not allowed in (Zone A or smth), which may make the
things messy.
Cheers
Yaroslav