Itrek

itrek or Israel Trek is an organization that sends graduate students in business, law, policy and STEM at U.S., Canadian, and European universities on peer-led, week-long trips to Israel. More than 1,300 former itrek leaders support it. Some trips include contacts with Israeli tech start-ups.

Criticism
The Harvard College Palestine Solidarity Committee has called on students to boycott iTrek, citing its organization by Israli soldiers, accusing it of whitewashing what it characterized as Israeli apartheid.

In 2022, Georgetown University Graduate Student Government (GradGov) cancelled the sponsorship of a trip to Israel planned for March 2022 following internal controversy and university intervention. Students expressed concerns about the trip's destination, Israel, which they characterized as an apartheid state.

In 2021, Penn Law School students revitalized a student organization, "Penn Law Students for Justice in Palestine" (PLSJP), to support Palestinian liberation and petition against University-backed trips to Israel, releasing a statement with more than 50 signatures discouraging students from participating in itrek, which provided annual academic trips to Israel. PLSJP cited the displacement of Palestinians, itrek's links has to the Israeli government as reasons not to participate in the program.

itrek participants

 * Carrie Keller-Lynn, American-Israeli social media expert, podcaster and journalist