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I VISITED ISRAEL DURING A WAR
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and this morning actually right here in
this pit they discovered the body of the
last terrorist it's howan the best
schwarma in the world above us you might
hear a buzzing sound that is the Israeli
Air Force as they are flying over Gaza
and bombing hamash Terror targets
Schuman is the top of the shuarma it's
fat and I don't know what genius came up
with you can see on the
wall there are all these little pock
marks from grenades and from bullets
that were shot at
them she's from Toronto Canada she's
from Boston and they came here
especially to serve Israel during this
time I'm walking through the Armenian
Suk one of the Arab Market here in
Jerusalem unfortunately um a bunch of
innocent civilians were killed here by
Hamas
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terrorists
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so I'm going to Israel but it's
difficult to get there so this is the
first of three flights that will take me
there first I'm flying to Toronto Canada
from there to Athens Greece and then
from there to
Israel
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just landed in Toronto Canada now this
is not my final destination I still have
another two flags till I get to where I
need to go but because I grew up here in
Toronto and my parents do still live
here they're going to be coming to the
airport meet me for an hour or two
before my next
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flight so that's my parents and siblings
driving away I got to run back into the
terminal and make it in time for my
flight with God's help let's
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go
thank you so I am heading on the next
flight now heading to Athens Greece this
is a long one I think it's 11
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hours
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that was a long one just landed in
Greece the flight actually wasn't as
long as I thought it would be it was
closer to 9 hours but still pretty long
got some sleep thank God my next flight
which is to Israel is in less than 3
hours let's
go
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oh
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thank you very
much finally made it to Israel thank you
Hashem we're in the Holy
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Land ah I
H it is customary to kiss the ground
when you get back to Israel I also think
I just broke a
rib so we're about to go through
passport control I want to show you
something very interesting and also very
sad this is the passport control machine
and it has pictures of kidnapped
Israelis who are being held by
Kamas and when you arrive and you're
walking towards baggage claim once again
pictures of all the hostages on both
sides
all these people are kidnapped and being
held by Kamas
236 men women children even babies
elderly people Holocaust Survivors all
being held by Kamas has their name their
age here's a sign that shows where the
bomb shelter is just in case the airport
gets attacked by
Rockets only 3 years old just went
through passport control this is the
arrivals
terminal quite
empty usually this time of year it would
be packed but there is a war going on
and a lot less people are coming to
Israel right
now there she is
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Hello friends welcome back to my channel
I recently traveled to Israel in the
post October 7th period and and I was
honestly quite afraid to take this trip
I knew that the country was more or less
safe but the images that are stuck in my
head from what I'd seen from October 7th
were so graphic so frightening so
disturbing that I didn't feel like I'd
be able to step foot in the land of
Israel for a long time but as time went
on and I began to process what had
happened I realized that in fact the
only way that I'd be able to process
what had transpired on October 7th would
be to travel there and deal with it
myself I've just arrived at the walls of
Jerusalem surrounding the old city of
Jerusalem there's an old Jewish custom
that when one sees the walls of
Jerusalem and when one sees the place
where the Holy Temple once stood they're
supposed to tear their clothing as a
sign of mourning in order to show that
they are sad that the Holy Temple has
been destroyed and not yet rebuilt so
without further ado
I'm walking through the Armenian Suk one
of the Arab markets here in Jerusalem
which is usually stuffed packed with
people on a regular day like this but
right now it's almost empty because
there are almost no tourists here in the
country at this
time
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heah
behind me stands the Western Wall
otherwise known as The Wailing Wall or
the kotel hamari the
Kil behind that is the Temple mount the
holiest place in the Jewish faith where
the holy temples both of them once stood
so once again it is customary when you
come to this wall to tear your clothing
a little bit more as a sign of
mourning we hope and pray that the Third
Temple will be rebuilt very very
soon my trip lasted almost a week and on
one hand there were a lot of beautiful
parts to the trip but on the other hand
there were also a lot of devastating
parts to the trip I'm going to go deeper
into detail about the trip but first I
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you now let's get back to my trip to
Israel so when I arrived in Israel I
wasn't sure exactly what to expect I
thought there would be a somber mood
people would be very down and dejected
the trip turned out to be Bittersweet
the trip was bitter because there's a
war going on and so many people have
died and are dying every single day
there are so many young widows and
orphans and the magnitude of this
tragedy is something that the Jewish
people have not seen or experienced for
decades since the
Holocaust this is a sticker from zaka
which is an organization in Israel that
helps deal with the bodies of people who
were killed after terrorist attacks this
this sticker symbolizes that the site
has already been cleared out of all
human remains this is a bomb shelter in
Rim unfortunately um a bunch of innocent
civilians were killed here by Kamas
terrorists you can see on the
wall there are all these little pock
marks from grenades and from bullets
that were shot at them here's a wreath
that someone put down with an Israeli
flag there's a candle and many other
candles that have been lit there are
roses eight people dive
here and right outside this damaged
shelter as you can see more po
marks you have this is so sad this
mother wrote the names of her children
who were killed here here you have
someone else who wrote the names of
friends and at the bottom it
says which means we'll see you in the
next life another huge par Mark more
explosions in Gaza in the background and
here you can see these are
actual items and body bags
uh which were belong to the people who
were unfortunately killed here they
still haven't had a chance to clean
everything
up um it's it's unbelievable to think
that we're
standing on this spot where all these
atrocities
happened this is the fence to kibuts
raim and there are videos of the Hamas
terrorists coming in through
here broken through this
fence here you can see a big Bullet Hole
in
the guards
Booth this is one of the cars that still
hasn't been removed there's glass all
over it smells like dead bodies there
are bullet holes in the windows and
right across the street this is the spot
where the stero police station used to
stand unfortunately was attacked by
terrorists and 10 Israeli police
officers lost their lives um the
terrorists were all eliminated
and this morning actually right here in
this pit they discovered the body of the
last terrorist who they didn't find
yet good evening from Southern Israel I
am currently in the city of deot which
is one of the cities that was most
hardest hit in the October 7th attacks
by
Hamas this is an area that is very close
to Gaza and therefore if God forbid
Hamas sends missiles our way we have 15
seconds or less to get into a protected
shelter in order to avoid getting hit by
the oncoming fire God forbid because of
the war right now the city has been
evacuated so it's very quiet the only
thing you can hear above us you might
hear a buzzing sound that is the Israeli
Air Force as they are flying over Gaza
and bombing hamash Terror targets within
the Gaza Strip my trip was also sweet in
a way because although there are so many
difficult things happening right now in
Israel there's also an incredible sense
of unity there's a lot of Acts of
Kindness happening there's very high
morale people are together and they're
in it to win it and that was something
that was beautiful to
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witness here now the rabbi is delivering
food and snacks to the soldiers she's
from Toronto Canada she's from Boston
and they came here especially to serve
Israel during this
time here with Uncle
yakob guys if you go to ER there's two
places you need to go and they're not on
the same level but you have to go to the
coel the cotel the Western World the
Western Wall that is a place where the
Bas M stood amazing spiritual that's a
spirit the physical that you need to go
to is halot the best schwarma in the
world if you haven't had the schwarma I
didn't even like schwarma before I had
this then I got this and now I feel like
a new person go ahead go to the Western
Wall and get your schwarma that is Mr
living L himself not sponsored he's here
genuinely because he loves the food and
I do too he's been eating it every
single day since he landed in Israel
this is the fifth day I landed Sunday I
had here on Sunday Monday Tuesday
Wednesday today's Thursday today's even
thanksgiv Liv and they have a turkey
schwarma I'm like no we got to do the V
schwarma he has schwarma running through
his veins this thing is delicious
honestly and we just came back from Tel
we had an incredible interview and this
is Schuman by the way we want to walk us
through what Schuman is Schuman is the
top of the Sharma it's fat and I don't
know what genius came up with it they're
like maybe some people want to try
eating it people tried it I think it's
maybe of the most unhealthy Foods in the
world but it's also one of the most
tasty foods you can eat delicious love
the good Shuman
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cheers
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this is the Shuda a lot of cool eateries
here hip places and this restaurant
that's called Memphis after that famous
city in Tennessee and over the next few
days I'm going to be sharing multiple
videos from my trip to show you both the
bitter parts and the sweet parts of what
I witnessed in Israel lastly if you're
wondering about this awesome hoodie that
I'm wearing this is a design that I
created along with a friend who's an
artist it's the kai chain the kai
necklace which is very popular amongst
Jewish people Kai is the word for life
and its numerical value is 18 which is a
very special number in the Jewish faith
and tradition and this design is
available on the website for my new
clothing brand called candle and strap
make sure to check it out there's going
to be a link up here and down there go
to candle and strap and get one for
yourself for your friends for your
family we have a lot of wonderful
designs and we're adding new designs
every single week thank you for watching
this video God bless you all and we'll
see you very soon in the next one