Mission: Protect & Prepare
A high-level security, leadership, history, and community resilience experience in Israel for Lox & Loaded.
Not a tour. A mission.
This experience is built around preparedness, community defense, Israeli security insight, Jewish history, and real-world resilience. Participants will move through Israel with a clear purpose: learn, train, understand, and bring lessons home.
Security is not only the protection of borders, but the preservation of community itself.
Trust. Resilience. Shared Responsibility.Learn More About the Lox & Loaded Israel Trip
Nir Nitzan joins Lox & Loaded to discuss all things Israel and take a closer look at our upcoming Mission: Protect & Prepare trip, February 28 – March 9, 2027. Hear more about what participants can expect, highlights of the experience, and the purpose behind this unique mission.
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Land pricing is per person. Flight pricing is listed separately per person.
Follow the Mission Flow
Each day builds on the last, from arrival and briefings to hands-on training, historic sites, regional security insight, and community defense lessons.
Depart the USA
- Depart the United States and fly to Israel.
Bruchim Haba’im: Welcome to Israel
- Arrive safely at Ben Gurion Airport and transfer to Tel Aviv.
- Check into the Dan Panorama Tel Aviv.
- 6:30 PM festive welcome dinner.
- 8:00 PM welcome meeting and program briefing.
Defending a Nation
- Optional early morning walk along the Tayelet beachside promenade.
- Explore the Palmach Museum and Israel’s War of Independence story.
- Walk the Independence Trail and learn about Israel’s creation.
- High-level briefing on national and community security.
From Tragedy to Resilience: The Gaza Envelope
- Drive south to the Gaza Envelope.
- Visit kibbutzim and learn about civilian first response units.
- Visit Re’im Forest and the Nova Festival Memorial.
- Early dinner with soldiers and discussion on preparing home and community for terror threats.
Confronting Antisemitic Threats
- Session on recognizing and analyzing escalating threats facing Jewish communities.
- Explore practical individual and community response strategies.
- Krav Maga fundamentals focused on awareness, confidence, and response under pressure.
- Basic self-defense techniques against common real-life attacks.
Hands-On Defense: Krav Maga to the Shooting Range
- Check out and drive south to the shooting range.
- Full-day Krav Maga and guided shooting range experience.
- Training includes control techniques, searching a suspect, takedowns, edged weapon defense, and blunt weapon defense.
- Range session includes Israeli point-and-shoot method, shooting from cover, malfunctions, transitions, tactical magazine changes, and multiple shooting positions.
- Drive to Jerusalem and check into the hotel.
Day at Leisure
- A day to rest, reflect, and enjoy Jerusalem at your own pace.
Jerusalem in Focus
- Visit Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance and Education Center.
- Explore the City of David, Hezekiah’s Tunnel, Southern Wall Excavations, and Southern Steps.
- Tour the Old City.
- Visit MEMRI for a briefing on Middle East media, regional trends, extremism, antisemitism, and open-source intelligence.
Israel’s Northern Front
- Check out and drive north to the Golan Heights.
- Meet a local community rapid response team.
- Jeep drive along the northern border with an intelligence officer.
- Gain insight into strategic threats from Syria, Lebanon, Iran, and the evolving security landscape.
- Evening lecture on historic battles of the region.
Eyes on Security
- Visit a base of an elite unit and learn about its operational role in defensive and offensive missions.
- Training on how to defend a civilian neighborhood.
- Class on collecting intelligence in an urban area supposedly protected by local police.
- Farewell dinner and transfer to the airport.
Ready to Join the Mission?
Join Lox & Loaded in Israel for an unforgettable experience focused on security, preparedness, history, resilience, and community.