Today we visited מסגב עם which is a kibbutz established in 1945 and it's located on הר נפטלי about 3000 feet up. Ari Benyakov started this kibbutz after moving from Cleveland and finishing his service in the paratrooper unit. He fought in the recapturing of Jerusalem, the war of attrition, the Suez Canal in 73, and the Lebanon war in Beirut. From the viewing point we were able to see Lebanon right in front of us as well as Syria in the background. There were Hezbollah flags like right in front of us. It's the only place where one can see Syria, Israel, the Mediterranean, and Lebanon at the same time. It's the same distance from Damascus as it is to Haifa and further out, the se distance from Tel Aviv and Beirut. 300 people live there. There are no dorms at the nearby college because it's too dangerous. Hezbollah tried to invade the kibbutz a couple of times but since security is so tight they weren't able to get in. Ari is proud about the fact that his kibbutz doesn't have offensive weapons. He reminded us that we don't have any enemies, its other people who have made us enemies.
After that we went ATVing through the Golan
and ended our day in Sfat where we're spending Shabbat
Me and a Syrian shul
Me and a Syrian shul
Shabbat Shalom
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