The National Sea Turtle Rescue Center in Mikhmoret. About 40 separate blue pools. Credit: Daniel RoliderThe new visitor center north of Tel Aviv offers a peek inside a hospital where endangered turtles are treated before going back to the Mediterranean12:02 PM • July 10 2026 IDTCinderella, Fiona, Elsa and Moana passed us from right to left, flapping their large flippers and giving us a scrutinizing look. The four are large sea turtles, part of the breeding group of the National Sea Turtle Rescue Center. They swam slowly, and for a moment it felt as if we had dived into the ocean depths. Watching them at the new visitor center in Mikhmoret is mesmerizing. The guide, Lotem, identified them and called out their names based on the colored spots on their shells. For a few minutes, the world was blue, watery and moved in slow motion. I didn't want to move. In the NewsMost Haredi Young Men Unemployed, Women Hit Record Employment, Report ShowsFor 80 Years, My Family Didn't Exist. Then, Suddenly, It Came Back to LifeEisenkot Hopes to Bore His Way to Power – and Netanyahu's Likud Can't Handle HimFrom Iran to Turkey, Netanyahu Is on the Hunt for New Fronts to IgniteReport: Israel Shared Intel With U.S. on Iranian Plot to Assassinate TrumpRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe 'Special Relationship' Is Gone, and Israel Isn't Ready for What's ComingDumber Than a 10-year-old: Are Israeli Students Really That Stupid?An Israeli Principal Desegregated a Tel Aviv School. Here's What HappenedAs Israel Lacks Hundreds of Patrol Officers, West Bank Staff DoublesIsraeli Cop Filmed Throwing Stun Grenade Into Car, Trapping Palestinians InsideMade in Kurdistan, Smuggled via Jordan: The Mysterious Firearms Flooding Israel