The Big Day

Today we heard from a resident of Sderot and the founder of Sderot Media. Sderot is the closest Israeli city to the Gaza Strip. In the past 7 years, over 8000 rockets have been launched from the strip into Sderot. We learned about the lives of the people that live there, and how they are being terrorized daily by the kassam rockets from Gaza.

We also heard from the founder of Palestinian Media Watch - an organization that monitors things like tv shows, radio, schoolbooks, newspapers, etc. that is shown to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. The findings shown to us were shocking to see the hatred that is being taught and preached by the Palestinian Authority.

The remainder of the day was filled with other lectures and discussions about the anti-Israel propaganda that is spread throughout the media, and especially on university campuses across Canada and the US.

We had some time to walk around during lunch, so here are a few pics of the old city.

Me at the Western Wall

Zimmy and I at the Cardo (used to be a street with shops set up waaaaay back in the day)

Zimmy and I walking the streets of the Old City

In the evening there was a semi-impromptu AEPi event. Through word of mouth in less than a week and a last minute change of location, 50 brothers managed showed up. The group consisted of brothers from all over the US, and me - from Canada. Many people there had since moved to Israel, and others were there for vacation, or other organized trips. I managed to see some guys that I had bumped into earlier on my trip, and also from other road trips and conventions I had been on in the States. After the event I met back up with the majority of my group to party the night away.