In a raw and personal journey across the Israel National Trail, Mansur Ashkar—an ex-IDF special forces officer—discovers the soul of Israel through breathtaking landscapes, biblical history, and the unexpected, unconditional hospitality of Jews, Christians, Muslims, and Bedouins.

National Geographic has named the Israel National Trail one of the 20 most beautiful hikes in the world.

The 600-mile Israel National Trail, which spans the entire state of Israel, will be filmed and documented by the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel for inclusion in the Google Street View database. Hikers from the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI) will travel the entire trail over the course of three months... Read more »