25 years ago, I drove -- from Beirut -- dozens of times to this border between Lebanon and Israel (video is from the Lebanese side). 

It was the first experience that humanized Israel to me: I saw Israelis as people who lived in houses, raised their families, went around their businesses, just like all of us were doing in Lebanon. 

This was the starting point of a trip that has since taken me to learn the Hebrew language and the Israeli culture, and to drastically change my view of Israel from an eternal enemy that should be annihilated to an asset that should be nurtured and lived in peace with.