Golan Heights

We took a trip Tuesday to the Golan Height. (They call it Ramat HaGolan here.)  It was an interesting trip because they wanted to make really specific points so that took us to certain spots that would help make that point.

So first we went on a short hike through a river. It was cool. We just kind of strolled through the water for a bit. Some places it barely covered your feet and other places it was like mid thigh. This was supposed to make us feel the water and think about how important it is here because there is so little.

Next we went to a place were we could look out over the Sea of Galilee (the Kinneret) and we talked more about the water problems, took some pictures.

Then we drove to some other places and talked about the different wars.  It really showed how important it is that Israel keeps this area.  There is nothing here really. Some small towns, some kibbutzim but there is a lot of nothing. But the whole area is a plateau, and on top of the plateau there are hills and mountains. You can see far into Israel and Syria from here and who ever controls this area definitely has an advantage over the other in case of an attack.

View of the Kinneret