I stayed with cousins in the city of Rechovot, which translates to 'the streets'. Rechovot is located half way between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
Today I went to the Ayalon Museum; Now a museum, this kibbutz (collective community) was secretly making bullets in the 1940s before Israel became an independent country. The bullets were manufactured underneath the bakery and laundromat. The bullets were stockpiled for the resistance fighters in the event that the British left Israel. When Israel declared independence, the British left the land leaving the Israelis to defend themselves with the ammunition manufactured in secret on this kibbutz.
Today I went to the Ayalon Museum; Now a museum, this kibbutz (collective community) was secretly making bullets in the 1940s before Israel became an independent country. The bullets were manufactured underneath the bakery and laundromat. The bullets were stockpiled for the resistance fighters in the event that the British left Israel. When Israel declared independence, the British left the land leaving the Israelis to defend themselves with the ammunition manufactured in secret on this kibbutz.
The bullet manufacturing plant below ground. This picture shows approximately half of the plant.
After a tour of the kibbutz, Yithak took me to the Weitzman Institute; Chaim Weitzman, the first Israeli President. I had a tour of his house - now a museum, and also around the university campus founded in his name - Weitzman Institute of Science. In the evening we went to visit some relatvies near Tel Aviv and then I called it a night.
Chaim Weitzman's house
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