Our Family (We Can’t) Getaway
We are on a family vacation for a few days before school starts on Sunday.
We decided (like thousands of other Israels) to travel to the safe parts of the North, relatively far from the Lebanese and Syrian borders (this is a photo of me yesterday at the tomb of Rebbe Meir Baal HaNes in Tiberias).
It is so peaceful up here, in the home we are renting in a remote yishuv overlooking Mt. Gilboa. I could even forget I am living in a country at war.
But Waze reminds me.
The GPS doesn’t work in most of northern Israel, in order to prevent enemy missiles with GPS navigation from reaching their targets here.
Yesterday, on the drive down from Tiberias to our Airbnb, Waze insisted I was in Lebanon.
And then, about half an hour later, it was equally adamant I was in Amman, Jordan.
When the Waze finally conceded I was in Israel, near Beit Shean, it was speaking in Arabic.
Even during summer vacation, in these paradisiacal environs, the conflict permeates the atmosphere.
I pray this coming year will bring true peace and security for Israel.
