
This old bunker is on Mt. Bental which is
a volcano near the Syrian and Lebanese border along
the Golan Heights. From there you look down into Syria
to a valley known as the "Valley of Tears" because of
the all the people who died there in 1973 when the
Syrians attacked on the Day of Atonement. Israel won
despite being extremely undermanned because of the
holiday and fighting in tanks at night without the
proper equipment to see in the dark. It is pretty
cool that you can look down from these places and see
where the border is because Israel is green and lush
because people are looking after and working the land
but Syria is just brown and dead looking. It is known
as the "green line."
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The Ein Gedi is the area where David
hid in the caves from King Saul. It is just this
little oasis in the middle of the Judean wilderness.
The little fresh water spring flows down to the Dead
Sea.
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