This tour invites participants on a contemporary and meaningful journey along the northern border, exploring the challenges of security, defense, settlement, and community coping in the current era. The tour combines a connection to national history with an examination of the new challenges posed by the security situation for residents of the confrontation line. The tour focuses on how the community copes with the meaning of life on the border: mutual responsibility, partnership, and the choice to take civic responsibility.
There is an option to meet with local activists.

Tour objectives:

• Getting to know the challenges of living on the northern border during wartime: evacuating communities, ongoing emergency routines, community rebuilding, and security uncertainty.
• Engaging in community resilience as a basis for coping – through stories of volunteering, mutual responsibility, and local leadership from within the community.
• An introduction to the values and ideals that have accompanied settlement on the northern border – from the establishment of Tel Hai to the present day, with an emphasis on responsibility, dedication, leadership, and choosing life.
• Strengthening the sense of personal and public mission among young men and women as they prepare for military service or for taking on civic responsibility.

Tour structure:

• Tel Hai Courtyard – An introduction to the early settlement of the Upper Galilee and an experiential discussion about the values and dilemmas of the past and present: Should we strengthen existing settlements or establish new ones at the edges of the country? Should we stay or leave when the security situation is unstable? Should we follow the needs of the people and the state or our personal desires?
• Kiryat Shmona – Learn about the city's founding, life under constant security threats, and civic initiatives in the periphery.
  Possible stops on the tour: Observation point at Givat Shachumit, Golden Park, Victims of Hostile Acts Square, Front Sorting Room, street survey in the market or commercial center.
• Meeting with a local social activist.
• Summary – A concluding discussion on the sense of belonging, civic leadership, coping with challenges, and taking responsibility.

You can also combine:

• Visit to a kibbutz/moshav in the area – introduction to the challenges of settlement on the border before and during the war from the perspective of the working settlement, with an emphasis on the community space as a strengthening factor. Includes the option of meeting with a local spokesperson.
• Agricultural or community volunteering – meaningful activity in the field, connection to local life, and hands-on experience. Volunteering will only be incorporated if there is a need in the field.

*What is required for the activity: Independent arrival at the tour sites; preliminary briefing for students to bring a hat, water, and walking shoes.