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Hi everyone. We are in Rosh HaNikra.
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This is the most north seashore in Israel.
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We are right next to Lebanon
on this side.
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That's right, we just wanted
to share with you
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about an event that happened right here
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exactly 70 years ago, March 1948.
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(Sergio) There is a place in Israel
at the very top of the coastline
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called Rosh HaNikra.
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It is one of Israel's
most unique locations
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as it is the only spot
in the entire country
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where the sea meets the mountains.
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Besides having a fascinating history,
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Rosh HaNikra is home
to a spectacular natural phenomenon:
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The grottos, a system of caves
formed by the crashing waves
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against the white chalky rocks.
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This place can get so dangerous
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that the local authorities
must close it to public access.
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But why is it so dangerous
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and what happens here that at times
they must shut this place down?
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Stay tuned to find out.
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♪ (music) ♪
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(Sergio) Like most places in Israel,
Rosh HaNikra is also rich with history.
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It is believed to have been mentioned
in a few ancient writings,
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two times in the Bible
in the Book of Joshua,
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as brook "Misraphot,"
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in the Book of Maccabees
as the "Ladder of Tyre,"
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and by Josephus Flavius,
a 1st century historian,
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as the northern border of Acre.
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However, it is the more recent history
that is more intriguing here.
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(Sergio) Here's something really cool.
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There used to be a railway
that goes all the way
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from Israel to Lebanon, Beirut,
and is a critical railway.
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(Sergio) Rosh HaNikra
was used as a railway tunnel
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in the time of the British Mandate.
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(locomotive whistle)
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Apparently, it was used as a passage
from Turkey to Egypt via Israel.
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To the most part this railway was used
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to ship caravans and supplies
for British soldiers.
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But during the darkest days of history,
in the Second World War,
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this railroad was used to smuggling Jews
from Europe into Israel.
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And as a result,
many Jewish lives were saved.
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♪ (music) ♪
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The railway was attacked many times.
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(sounds of gunfire)
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(reporter) The Hagana blew up
the railway tunnel in Rosh HaNikra.
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(Sergio) And eventually
it was terminated by Israel
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to hinder the Lebanese
armed shipments to Arab forces.
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The very place
we're walking through right now,
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in order to stop the Lebanese
to smuggle in weaponry...
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(narrator) And it was this very place
where Israeli and Lebanese officials
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negotiated and concluded
an armistice agreement,
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which partly ended the war
of Israeli independence of 1948...
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... and helped win the war.
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They stopped basically
communications with Lebanon
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in a way to get there by train.
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That's right, yeah. This is...
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- ... simple.
- Very cool.
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(Rhoda) And there are grottos
that we walk through
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were the amplifications
of the sound of the water
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it is just so scary,
makes your heart beat and drop
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but it's so cool to see it here.
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(Sergio) So how did these caves form?
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(Rhoda) Look where the water is.
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(Sergio) Oh no, you got all wet.
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(Sergio) Over many years
the powerful breaking waves
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kept crashing
against the soft lime rocks
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creating cavities that grew
larger and larger with time
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until these beautiful grottoes
were formed.
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It is also believed that the rain water
that seep through the rocks
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also helped carve the caves
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and the peculiar windows
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that peek at the gorgeous turquoise water.
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The walkway inside the cave system,
which is open to the public,
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is only 200 meters long, or 650 feet,
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and branches off to different directions.
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Wait...
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Ready?
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You gotta watch it. Come one, go, go, go!
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Whoaaaah!
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Careful, careful!
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(Sergio) And while
most of the days of the year
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you can walk through the cave system,
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there are days when the sea
gets so rough,
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that the managing authorities close
the public access to the grottos
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due to the danger
of flooding and drowning.
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I see like the end of the tunnel.
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Little drops in the air--
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they're just like the mist from the waves
and all that... it's wet.
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♪ (music) ♪
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(Sergio) Rosh HaNikra
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is literally located
on the very border with Lebanon.
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And in fact, it serves
as the only border crossing
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between the two countries.
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♪ (music) ♪
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But, unfortunately,
no one is allowed to cross it,
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except the UN personnel.
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So as much as we would like
to show you what is behind this fence,
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it will have to wait until the next time.
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(Sergio) We've been here once before,
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and the funny part is
we drove through not the main road.
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We thought let's take a shortcut,
and we found this road
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that goes right by the border
with Lebanon.
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When we started driving, nobody was there.
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There's was a sign that says,
"Stop, border ahead of you."
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So we think,
"Well, that's like a stop sign."
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You stop, you look around
and you keep going
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- You thought that.
- Right, I thought that.
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We kept going and we were going,
then, all of a sudden,
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we see a tank, Israeli tank,
right on the road,
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with a soldier, so I kinda stop
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and then I thought, "Maybe we're
not supposed to be here, I think."
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I think you're right, yeah.
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It was definitely an adventure.
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♪ (music) ♪
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(Rhoda) I love the borders,
they are my favorite,
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but you know that.
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Why do you like the borders?
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What do you want to do at the borders?
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Cross them.
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(roar of an engine)
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