Today we had a really incredible opportunity to visit and understand the Israeli military. We began the day going to Chatzor an Air Force base which was really incredible. We had a very warm welcome and heard a presentation on the Air Force by one of the women who is one of a few in the air force. Was really cool. They wear some heavy gear up in the planes. Their survival kit includes a boat, water and food that attaches to their leg in case they have to jump out of the plane. ........We got to see a plane and see many landing and they were loud.

Afterwards we went to Base 11 in Ramla (no folks not Ramallah) were we met with soldiers for lunch. Later we had a presentation about the army. I learned about the different uniforms soldiers wear on base and when off or on a different base than their own. I like how they call the insignia on their shoulders that tells rank one of them is called Felafels the other is a bar. You can have up to 3 felafals i believe. Had some intense conversations with israeli soldiers about their life and they asked us about our lives and our relationship to Israel and whether we would make Aliyah and stuff. Really deep. This was an incredible day!