AMBASSADOR'S GRANDCHILDREN FIND COINS

"Grandpa, look what we found!" exclaimed the grandchildren of US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee as they excitedly pulled five ancient coins from a recently discovered cave near the community of Na'ale in the Binyamin region.

The Binyamin Regional Council is accustomed to hosting senior figures from around the world as part of official tours and ceremonies, but this time the Huckabee family chose a completely different format. The ambassador, his wife, his daughter Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, her husband, and their children decided to spend their Christmas holiday on a hands-on field tour in the Binyamin region.

The family participated in an archaeological tour initiated by Ruthie Lieberman, political consultant and founder of the Yes! Israel Project, together with Sarah Paley. The tour was guided by Dr. Dvir Raviv of Bar-Ilan University, who is leading an archaeological survey of the area.

The highlight of the tour took place in another cave that is not known to the general public. Dr. Raviv provided the children with a metal detector, and they began scanning the floor of the cave. "Unfortunately, the cave had been subject to looting excavations, so there are finds literally on the surface," he explained. "The children scanned the cave and found five coins, possibly from the period of the Bar Kokhba Revolt, the Great Revolt, or the late Roman period. What they enjoyed most was digging in the soil, crawling through cracks, and finding coins."

According to participants, the very choice of an American ambassador to take his grandchildren on an archaeological activity was far from obvious. "It was really not taken for granted that the ambassador took his grandchildren, who were visiting Israel for the first time, to an archaeological activity. It was amazing to see such a senior figure for whom it was so important to connect to the land together with his family."

A true friend of the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, Huckabee has made his visits to Binyamin a tradition. This marks the third time he has returned to Ancient Shiloh, this time with his grandchildren.

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