Tour in Israel of Kinneret and Gesher in the Galilee 22/2/26
Last week Telfed had a tiyul (tour) that took us to the Kineret Collage south of the Kineret. Here we had an old guy who lives on a kibbutz nearby and he came from Perth. He told us the story of this The Battle of Samakh. This is the final battle of the Battle of Magiddo. The ANZACs charged before dawn and killing 98 Turks with Germans for a loss of 17 Australians. This was the final battle after that basically Kemal Ataturk was brought to the region to organize an orderly retreat. A few of the killed were Aboriginals and this is what the Statue is about. The grave was supposed to have a cross on it but it was decided that it was better to keep it neutral and the hat on the back of the saddle is to stop people putting children on it. Visitors from Australia come and the grandchildren of the Aboriginal who fought in the war have also visited. Samakh was an important station as it was the place that the coastal engine ended and a bigger locomotive was put on...