War Voyeurs: Israeli tourists watch Syria battles from safe distance

War Voyeurs: Israeli tourists watch Syria battles from 
safe distance (pelancong Israel menonton pertempuran Syria dari jarak yang selamat)

1WC’sChannel REVIEW 20112:  (2 hours ago) Armed with binoculars and cameras, tourists in Israel are flocking to the Golan Heights in the hope of seeing the bloody conflict in neighboring Syria, sparking a trend among tour operators. (TINJAUAN 1WC'sChannel 20112: (2 jam lalu) Berbekalkan teropong dan kamera, pelancong di Israel lebih tertarik ke Bukit Golan dengan harapan melihat konflik jiran berdarah di Syria, mencetuskan trend di kalangan pengusaha pelancongan).

1WC'sChannel REVIEW 2012: Israelis look from an Israeli army post near the village of Buqaata in the Golan Heights at the nearby Syrian village of Jebata al-Khashab (TINJAUAN 1WC'sChannel 2012: Israel melihat daripada pos tentera Israel berhampiran kampung Buqaata di Dataran Tinggi Golan di kampung berhampiran Syria Jebata al-Khashab (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)

War voyeurs: pelancong Israel menonton pertempuran Syria dari jarak yang selamat

Berbekalkan teropong dan kamera, pelancong di Israel lebih tertarik ke Bukit Golan dengan harapan melihat konflik berdarah di Syria jiran, mencetuskan trend di kalangan pengusaha pelancongan. Di hari ini dan usia, menyaksikan ikan paus nampaknya hanyalah tidak potong mana-mana lagi.

Ia jauh lebih menghiburkan untuk menonton bom jiran-jiran anda dan menembak daylights yang tinggal di antara satu sama lain - dari jarak selamat, berkata, Golan Heights. , Nampaknya, ini adalah kegilaan terbaru di kalangan Israel, yang berduyun-duyun ke mata pandang berhampiran sempadan dengan Syria di negara ini untuk memerhatikan pertempuran berterusan, mengikut Times Israel.

Berbekalkan teropong dan kamera, berduyun-duyun pelancong Israel dan lain-lain telah dilihat menuju ke Bukit Golan. Peminat tindakan Live berharap untuk melihat kelibat pertempuran ganas, yang telah semakin meningkat dalam konflik Syria 17 bulan.

War voyeurs: Israeli tourists watch Syria battles 

from safe distance

1WC'sChannel REVIEW 2012: Israelis look from an Israeli army post near the village of Buqaata in the Golan Heights at the nearby Syrian village of Jebata al-Khashab (AFP Photo / Menahem Kahana)

Armed with binoculars and cameras, tourists in Israel are flocking to the Golan Heights in the hope of seeing the bloody conflict in neighboring Syria, sparking a trend among tour operators. In this day and age, whale watching apparently just doesn’t cut it any longer.

It’s far more entertaining to watch your neighbors bomb and shoot the living daylights out of each other - from the safe distance of, say,  the Golan Heights. This is, apparently, the latest craze among Israelis, who flock to vantage points near the country’s border with Syria to observe the ongoing clashes, according to the Times of Israel.

Armed with binoculars and cameras, throngs of Israeli and other tourists have been seen heading to Golan Heights. Live action enthusiasts were hoping to catch a glimpse of the savage fighting, which have been steadily increasing in the 17-month Syrian conflict.

Families use binoculars as they watch from the hill village of Buqaata in the Golan Heights the smoke rising from the nearby Syrian village of Jebata al-Khashab (Para keluarga menggunakan teropong kerana mereka menonton dari kampung bukit Buqaata di Golan Heights asap naik dari kampung berhampiran Syria Jebata al-Khashab) (AFP Photo/Jalaa Marey)

Para keluarga menggunakan teropong kerana mereka menonton dari kampung bukit Buqaata di Golan Heights asap naik dari kampung berhampiran Syria Jebata al-Khashab (AFP Photo/Jalaa Marey) Tetapi jarak, nampaknya, adalah terlalu besar untuk mendapatkan penjelasanskop pembunuhan beramai-ramai, jadi para penonton terpaksa berpuas hati dengan bunyi tembakan dan letupan.

Trend secara tidak sengaja dimulakan oleh Menteri Pertahanan Israel, Ehud Barak, yang melawat Bukit Golan untuk menilai tahap bahaya kepada Israel IDF dari konflik yang berlaku di Syria. Imej siaran menteri di TV seolah-olah telah mencetuskan tindak balas yang tidak dijangka di kalangan kedua-dua Israel dan pelawat yang datang ke negara ini.

Malah, seri konflik adalah begitu besar bahawa pengusaha pelancongan dilaporkan memikirkan meletakkan konflik-memerhati Syria pada senarai jadual perjalanan disediakan. Mereka yang paling prihatin tentang situasi muncul sebagai pasukan keselamatan Israel, yang mengatakan yang mereka lakukan yang terbaik untuk menyimpan perang-pemerhati jauh daripada pemasangan tentera sensitif di sepanjang sempadan Israel-Syria.

Families use binoculars as they watch from the hill village of Buqaata in the Golan Heights the smoke rising from the nearby Syrian village of Jebata al-Khashab (AFP Photo/Jalaa Marey) But the distance, apparently, is far too great to get a full scope of the carnage, so the spectators have to be content with the sounds of gunfire and explosions.

The trend was unwittingly started by Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who visited the Golan Heights to assess the level of danger to Israel’s IDF from the conflict in Syria. Images of the minister broadcast on TV seem to have triggered an unexpected reaction among both Israelis and visitors to the country.

In fact, the draw of the conflict is so great that tour operators are reportedly thinking about putting Syrian conflict-watching on the list of available itineraries.  Those most concerned about the situation appear to be Israeli security forces, who say they’re doing their best to keep the war-watchers away from sensitive army installations along the Israeli-Syrian border.

Seen from the hill village of Buqaata in the Golan Heights, smoke ascends from the Syrian village of Jebata al-Khashab (Dilihat dari kampung bukit Buqaata, di Dataran Tinggi Golan, asap naik dari kampung Syria Jebata al-Khashab) (AFP Photo/Menahe Kahana)

A road sign shows the different distances to Jerusalem, Baghdad, Damascus and other locations at an army post in Mount Bental near Kibutz Merom Golan in the Golan Heights (Tanda jalan menunjukkan jarak yang berbeza ke Baitulmuqaddis, Baghdad, Damsyik dan lokasi lain di pos tentera di Gunung Bental berhampiran Kibutz Merom Golan di Golan Heights) (AFP Photo/Menahe Kahana)

A Druze man uses binoculars as he looks towards Syria from part of an abandoned military outpost near the Druze village of Buqaata in the Golan Heights (Seorang lelaki Druze menggunakan teropong kerana dia kelihatan ke arah Syria daripada sebahagian daripada kota kara ditinggalkan tentera berhampiran kampung Druze daripada Buqaata dalam Golan Heights) (REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun)

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People are seen through a camouflage net as they look towards Syria from part of an abandoned military outpost near the Druze village of Buqaata (Orang ramai dilihat melalui penyamaran bersih kerana mereka melihat ke arah Syria daripada sebahagian daripada kota kara yang telah ditinggalkan tentera berhampiran perkampungan itu Druze Buqaata) (REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun)