A few of us are having issues adjusting to life on the Kibbutz (myself included). The people are so friendly, the food is fresh and delicious, but the spartan like conditions are a bit harsh. Our rooms, however, have a view of the Sea of Galilee that would leave you breathless.
Our two nights here are coming to a close, and honestly we spent very little time exploring the Ein-Gev kibbutz. Today we drove down to the artist community of Tzfat (the pictures attached include details from the synagogues), had a lightening flash stop in Tiberias, and an interesting and informative :) wine tasting in the Golan Heights.
While driving through the Golan you can't help but notice two striking things. The first is the greenery, especially the trees. The second is the barbed wire fencing surrounding the roads with red triangles and yellow signs that warn of unexploded land mines in the area. Below are some notes that fellow traveller Donna was inspired to write after visiting a war memorial in the Golan.
Golan Heights Wars.(3 wars)
Site of 1967 war. 6 day war.yom kippur war. Syrians built bunkers near Jordon river and sea of galilee , put in anti tank metal barriers to prevent Israelis from climbing the hill. Many settlements and kibbutzes below hill in the valley at risk. Israelis bombed by air even though they knew there was no way to inflict damage on the bunkers. But the air cover kept the syrians inside the bunkers and allowed Israeli soldiers to clear the barriers to allow tanks and troops in,
Eli Cohen (Read Our Man In Damascus) was an israeli spy. He convinced syrian army to do what israeli's do and plant eucalyptus trees to obscure the view, except he told then to plant the trees where their installations were, so in essence, they planted a tree marking targets for the israelis to hit, which they did. He was hanged in syria.
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