Wonder Women Mission To Israel: 11th May – 18th May 2020

Registration at the Dan Tel Aviv Hotel

Opening Banquet at the Dan Tel Aviv Hotel

• Briefing by­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ Former Minister of Justice and MK Ayelet Shaked “Women in Politics and the Current Challenges Facing Israel.”

• Introductory remarks by Shurat HaDin’s President, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Adv.

Overnight: Dan Tel Aviv Hotel

Breakfast at the Hotel

Tour of the Erez Crossing Terminal at the Gaza border

• Briefing by the Commander of the Border Crossing: “After Israel’s Withdrawal: The Continuing War with Hamas”

Visit the Black Arrow Memorial

• Briefing by IDF Caracal Battalion Officer: “ֹֹֹֹֹֹֹֹֹֹֹֹֹֹ’Women in Combat: Fighting Terror in a Mixed-Gender Unit”

Visit to Sderot: Israeli city on the edge of Gaza, under constant mortar attack

Visit to Kibbutz Alumim

• Tour of the kibbutz
• Hear the story of a local Resident: “Life on the Gaza Border: Raising Children Under Rocket Fire”

Lunch at the Kibbutz

Visit to the Iron Dome Air Defense System  

• Briefing by first IDF female commander of the Iron Dome Defense System: The Modern Battlefield in Israeli Skies

Dinner at Meatos, the finest restaurant in Tel Aviv

 Overnight: Dan Tel Aviv Hotel

Breakfast at the Hotel

•  Lecture by Shir Peled: “The Story of the first female undercover Fighter – Beyond Perceptions”

• Lecture by “Mother of all Sons,” Miriam Peretz: “The Sacrifices of Israel’s Fighting Families”

Lunch – TBD

Visit to IDF Headquarters, “HaKirya”

• Insider visit to IDF Spokesperson situation room: “The Battle of Public Opinion”

Travel to Tiberius

Dinner at Decks, the finest restaurant in Tiberius

Check in to Galie Kinneret Hotel, Tiberius

Breakfast at the Hotel

Drive to the Lebanese Border accompanied by Col. Miri Eisin, Former head of the combat intelligence corps: “Hezbollah, The Second Lebanon War: Life under Constant Threat”

Visit to a Military Intelligence Base

• Meeting with IDF soldiers

Visit to Valley of Tears

• Briefing by IDF Officer:”1973 Yom Kippur War, Fighting Against the Odds”

Lunch – TBD

Travel to Misgav Am, a front-line kibbutz on the Lebanese border

• Lecture by Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, President of Shurat HaDin: “Harpoon: Inside the Covert Financial War against Terrorism’s Money Masters”

Drive to Tiberius, moonlight boat cruise

Dinner at Pagoda Restaurant

Overnight: Galie Kinneret Hotel, Tiberius

Breakfast at the Hotel

Travel to Kibbutz Marom Golan

• Special ATV Tour: “Secret Operations in the Northern Front: The Story of Legendary Mossad Agent, Eli Cohen”

Visit to Tel Saki, location of one of the first battles of the 1973 Israeli Yom Kippur War where a handful of Israeli paratroopers and armored soldiers stood their ground, fighting off thousands of Syrian troops for three days

• Briefing by Major (Res.) Sarit Zehavi, Military Intelligence for the IDF Research & Analysis Division and the Northern Command  

Lunch in Beit  Shean

Departure to Jerusalem 

Check in to the David Citadel Hotel, Jerusalem

Shabbat at the Western Wall 

• Bus ride to The Western Wall 
• Welcoming the Sabbath, “Kabbalat Shabbat” at the Western Wall
• Traditional Dinner and Shabbat Celebration in the Old CityWalk back to the Hotel 
• Overnight: David Citadel Hotel, Jerusalem

Breakfast at the Hotel

Optional: Morning prayers at the hotel or at a nearby Synagogue

Special walking tour in the heart of Jerusalem: Visit sites holy to the world’s three major religions and experience firsthand the city’s uniquely magical and historical atmosphere

Lunch at the Hotel

Evening: Free

Overnight: David Citadel Hotel, Jerusalem

Breakfast at the hotel 

Travel to Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust Museum and Memorial

Yad Vashem tour with a guide 

To Hotel

Check out of the David Citadel Hotel

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* Please note that the program’s itinerary is subject to changes and substitutions at Shurat HaDin’s sole discretion. It is also subject to changes based on the needs of the IDF and other authorities, in particular when a security situation or national security matter arises.