The Golan Heights

Today we departed our Kibbutz and headed North to see where the battle of Kiryat Shamona took place in 1920. The Jewish settlement tried to fight off but lost the battle to the Arabs. We drove on the trail of the wounded, and saw the cemetary where the dead were buried While in the parking lot of that same site, just 3 short years ago 12 Israeli army reservist soldiers were killed when they were called to duty in the war with Lebanon. Heading up the Golan Heights we see fences with little red triangles. A red triangle is the international sign of land minds. We get a deep sense of what living in Israel really feels like. Its very humbling. We then headed into the Golan Heights and walked through the trenches. We learned about Eli Cohen an Egyptian Jew who infiltrated the Syrians as a spy and learned many secrets, including where the trenches were actually places on the hilltop. Eli was eventually discovered as a spy and was killed and buried in Damascus. Next we stopped for a snack of goat cheese and a lavash type of bread from a store owned by Drus. We then climbed up a hill and saw the view of Syria. It was breathtaking yet erie to stand and look into the land of the enemies of Israel. Now we head to Jerusalem for Shabbat.