2024 was not an easy year... and probably that's why you haven't seen something very big appearing here at the blog.
The year was mainly defined by the trauma of the October 7th, 2023 Hamas attack to Israel, which started a war that nobody in Israel wanted, which continues until this very moment. And I can say that the whole country is still stuck at the October 7th event and will continue there until the last of the hostages returns home.
In practical issues, the very North of the country with its forests and the mid-South (the area surrounding Gaza) with its deserts, two of Israel's most beautiful regions, were closed military areas, making them completely unavailable for any kind of leisure activity. Actually the whole North of the country was dangerous due to the Hezbollah constant shelling, so we needed to give up on motorcycle tours in these areas.
The solution that could be left for Israelis for having a vacation would be travelling abroad. But then most of the international airlines fled the country and stopped operating here until the shelling ends, out of insurance concerns among other reasons.
Anyway, there were some events that I can comment here, so let's try to summarize this year as best as I can.
The year was mainly defined by the trauma of the October 7th, 2023 Hamas attack to Israel, which started a war that nobody in Israel wanted, which continues until this very moment. And I can say that the whole country is still stuck at the October 7th event and will continue there until the last of the hostages returns home.
In practical issues, the very North of the country with its forests and the mid-South (the area surrounding Gaza) with its deserts, two of Israel's most beautiful regions, were closed military areas, making them completely unavailable for any kind of leisure activity. Actually the whole North of the country was dangerous due to the Hezbollah constant shelling, so we needed to give up on motorcycle tours in these areas.
The solution that could be left for Israelis for having a vacation would be travelling abroad. But then most of the international airlines fled the country and stopped operating here until the shelling ends, out of insurance concerns among other reasons.
Anyway, there were some events that I can comment here, so let's try to summarize this year as best as I can.
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