Surviving on the border of the West Bank

Pictures! I was able to upload two pictures today, and now I have 5 minutes until the bus leaves. The last several days have been exciting. We have been to the border of Lebenon, Syria, Jordan and the West Bank. If you want to know Israel's relation with any of these countries or "areas," they are sketchy at best. Lebenon is supported by Iran -- Israelies understand terrorism all too well. There is currently a "peace" agreement with Jordan.

We visited a 7,000 acre cattle ranch yesterday with 1,000 head. The area is in the mountains, all you see are planted pine trees and rocks. We went right up to the fence seperating Israel from the West Bank. There was a very scary feeling in the air, this particular Palestine village has given Israel the most problems. An army jeep came flying down the hill and told us to get out.

Just to leave you with a better picture of Israel, here are some cliffs above the city of Magdel, the home of Mary Magdelin. This view is from the Kibbutz we have stayed at on the Sea of Galilee for the last few days.

Today we will be heading south to the Dead Sea and then to the Negev -- the southern desert. Have to run and catch breakfast, hope all is well.