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WILL BIBI AND THE SAUDI'S GET TOGETHER AND ENGAGE IN A KNOCK OUT BLOW? THERE IS NOTHING STOPPING THEM EXCEPT THEIR WILL TO DO THE WORLD A FAVOR.
Is it the end for the regime?
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?
Three things from this week’s pod with FDD’s Behnam Ben Taleblu:
This is the most dangerous moment for the regime since the revolution in 1979.
The Biden administration (and the rest of the world) aren’t doing enough to support the Iranian people against their oppressors.
It’s time to end the JCPOA negotiations, dismiss the lead US negotiator, and return to force all American and multilateral sanctions.
Hundreds of people have been murdered, tens of thousands arrested, women raped in the streets… the uprising against the Iranian regime sparked by the murder of Mahsa Amini is still going on. The Iranian government is a dangerous place, its power genuinely at risk for the first time. Remember, this is the regime with the nuclear weapons; the one that killed hundreds of US servicemen in Iraq; the one that supports the largest terrorist apparatus in the world; the one that until 9/11 had killed more Americans than any terrorist group. So what’s the Biden administration doing? Yeah, pretty much nothing.
Instead Team Biden has been focused on restoring the grand achievement of Vice President Biden’s last go-round, the Obama Iran deal. And his national security advisers don’t want to do anything to risk the chance — the very small chance — that the regime in Tehran might agree to come back to the deal. Now, officials in the administration allow it’s a bit unlikely Iran comes back to the deal after two years of negotiations and the rejection of enormous blandishments from Europe and the United States. But you never know.
Another excuse: Foreign policy geniuses within the White House don’t want to “discredit” Iranian demonstrators by throwing American support behind them. They don’t want people to perceive them as American puppets. Uh huh. Because we remember how all those Soviet dissidents damned Ronald Reagan for his championship of their cause…
The administration hasn’t been totally silent. Biden denounced the regime for its violence in his big UN address. And there have been a few other condemnations along the way. But when you think of what could be if the Iranian people finally dumped the regime that has bedeviled them, us and the Middle East for more than four decades…. the regime that’s sending armed drones to Russia to kill Ukrainians… doesn’t that deserve more than a press release? You’d think so.
HIGHLIGHTS
Are the demonstrations following Mahsa Amini’s killing a surprise?
Taleblu: Since 2017, there have been protests inside the Islamic Republic not tied to any particular faction, but protests triggered by distinctly non-political events, social issues, environmental issues, religious issues, and especially economic issues, and even some foreign policy issues, that allows the population to come onto the street in a geographically and demographically and class-wise, diverse way, and to say fundamentally one thing, that they want an end to the Islamic Republic.
So the Iranian people have been using every single available opportunity to them. And the brutal killing of Mahsa Amini was yet another opportunity for Iranians to make this claim, make it very publicly, show the world the massive chasm that exists between state and society inside that country
But isn’t this something new?
Taleblu: I know these days it's very vogue or very fashionable to say that these protests are qualitatively different, and there are things that do make it different. But at the same time, this touches a nerve inside the Iranian body politic, which is exactly why that brutal scene was seen exactly the same way by Iranians of different ethnicities, of different social classes, of different levels of, as you were talking about, religious virtue or religious traditionalism. And they all saw it as a massive encroachment of state power on individual liberty, on individual autonomy, something that Iranians had been protesting for over a century. [And] we are seeing not just street power, not just protests, but those protests be amplified institutionally with strikes.
So is it the end of the regime?
Taleblu: [[T]his could get us potentially to a point where there could be a critical juncture in these protests down the line, because it was the street plus strikes that tanked the Shah's regime, the previous government in Iran that fell in 1979 to an Islamic revolution.
[P]erhaps one of the most famous symbols of the Islamic Republic is this mandatory hijab, this mandatory veiling, because as long as there's been an Islamic republic, there has been protests against an Islamic republic. That's just something about street power in that country. And that's something the regime elites tend to understand very well, because they know exactly what sentiments, views, values they exploited and how they backed them up with force to stay in power for 43 years.
How have the demonstrations changed over time?
Taleblu: Protests in Iran since 2017 are qualitatively different than any ones we've seen before. And that is because the Iranian people have been less afraid than ever before to say things like, "Death to the dictator," to say things like, "Forget Syria. Think about us," to say things literally beginning in front of the Iranian parliament in 2018, "Our enemies here, they lie when they say it's in America,"
What are the keys?
Taleblu: Streets, strikes, sanctions, security forces. These are the four vectors to watch. Will the Iranian people remain on the streets? Will their activity on the streets be amplified by strikes, and will those strikes be sustained? Sanctions, will there be commensurate Western pressure at time one, two, three, so that when the Iranian people rise up from the bottom, there can be commensurate pressure from the top like a pincer movement? And once that pincer happens, when there is diminishing revenues and a continuing conflict over diminishing resources, what will the security forces do at time one, time two, time three? Will they continue to shoot at their compatriots? Will they simply not show up? Will the regime have to deploy their Shiite foreign legion on Iranian soil, like many dissidents and activists worry about constantly
So these are the four things to watch. We haven't seen those massive cracks in the security apparatus yet.
What kind of regime could come next?
Taleblu: One hopes obviously that it would be a liberal democratic system. One hopes that it's a decapitation. One hopes that you can perhaps rehab some security forces. One hopes that you might be able to have a South Africa kind of style truth and reconciliation commission. These are the highest aspirations of the Iranian activist community of the diaspora. But we also have to be quite frank and engage in these really hard-nosed conversations as to potential other models, given that there are lots of stakeholders interested in preserving what they've gained in the 43 years of an Islamic Republic that looks and acts this way.
It's high time for us to think through these very tough scenarios. What about securing fissile material? What about securing individual liberty? At what level is a guard core or Artesh commander good enough to save? Who will handle these truth and reconciliation commissions? These are lots and lots and lots of complex questions for policymakers, activists
Is the Biden administration engaged?
Taleblu: It is clear that it is not the policy of the Biden administration to change the regime in Iran. I am a little bit more of a pessimist, and I think the selective changes which are good in the discourse of the Biden administration on the Iran protest, and in particular President Biden standing with protestors during his UNGA speech, that was both morally, strategically and, I think, politically the right thing for the leader of the United States of America to do.
But my fear is that this stuff, to borrow from Tom Shelling, is more ornamental than instrumental, that if Ayatollah Khomeini gets on the phone and actually does dial in that nuclear deal that allegedly was right around the corner in August, and allegedly has been right around the corner so many times throughout 2022, that the administration may cave, and worse than that, that the Europeans who now see a stiffening of their spine on the counter-terrorism front and the human rights front, that they too may cave.
So what should the administration do?
Taleblu: Step number one, close the door on the thing that will facilitate that. Shut the lid on the JCPOA. And that can happen in my view very clearly in two ways. One, if some of the hyper pro-JCPOA voices that are charged with resurrecting that accord in the administration are no longer in the administration, so if the administration makes a firing choice.
The other would be triggering this mechanism built into the deal called snapback, which actually expires in 2025, but through the UN process allows you to shut the door on the deal. And it's something that actually was thought of quite cleverly by former Iran deal negotiators prior to 2015 and put into that deal. It basically reverse engineers the veto mechanism of the UN Security Council so only one actor is needed to close the door on the deal. But that will lapse in 2025, so step number one, do that.
Step number two is to vigorously enforce the penalties that the Biden administration inherited, particularly on oil and petrochemicals, so that if you do have this strike business be really spread throughout the energy sector, you could have the regime also facing tightening revenues over time. Because they continue to illicitly sell oil to China, and on the petrochemical front, there's more in it for them because they're not selling something price at the price of a barrel of crude oil.
Step number three is … keep the protests in the limelight. Talk about them. Mention the killed Iranians, mention the songs, mention the ideas, mention the fact that the diaspora is protesting in over 150 cities around the world. Keep this in the headlines. The Iranian people need to know that the West stands with them in their plight.
Anything else?
Taleblu: {Another step] really has to be creating some kind of a strike fund. And here is where there is actually a mirror imaging or precedent that both Trump and Biden have, because both Trump and Biden have selectively enforced oil sanctions to the degree that they use Department of Justice asset forfeiture rules to actually take Iranian oil off of these tankers when they're violating US sanctions and sell them. And now you actually do have a lot of different victims of families of terrorism trying to tie that as an asset and trying to challenge that and use that as a government owned asset in the courts to try to pay victims of families of terrorism.
The US should step this up, and step this up and use some of that money to develop what you mentioned was the corollary in Poland, which is some kind of a strike fund that could actually covertly fund through some kind of, obviously with the parallel of the '80s, legal mechanism consistent within the full scope of US law to actually give money to Iranian trade unions, to actually give money to families that have lost breadwinners, not just in this protest, but in those different iterations of anti-regime protests we've seen since 2017.
What about what Elon Musk was talking about… Starlink?
Taleblu: The Starlink website [a way to bypass regime internet controls] is down in Iran and already there are all these hacker and ransomware groups trying to take advantage of the fact that there are Iranians looking for Starlink online and actually using this to reportedly put malware on the computers and mobile devices of potential activists or potential protestors or potential strikers. So we're in this position where we're potentially talking about the provision of this service without providing it. And I think that's really one of the more dangerous positions both for the private sector who may want to help, as well as for the US government to be in.
So who’s winning?
Taleblu: So I can't put a number on it, but on balance, the good guys are winning, but how do we put time on their side is a bigger question.
See the rest of the transcript here.
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The Real Israelis who elected Ben-Gvir
Itamar Ben-Gvir is a perfectly worthy MK, and he is as qualified to be a cabinet minister as is any other party head or co-head, despite leftist smears. Op-ed.
BY DOV FISCHER
I previously have published here my strong support for Itamar Ben-Gvir (and Bezalel Smotrich and their Religious Zionism party). I am disgusted by this era’s tactic by leftists in Israel — and in America — to depict their opponents on the right as Nazis.
In Israel they compare Ben-Gvir to Hitler. In America, they compare Donald Trump to Hitler. Interesting:
1. Did Hitler have a daughter whom he loved who converted to Orthodox Judaism and whom he continued to love?
2. Did Hitler have an Orthodox Jewish son-in-law whom he brought into the German government’s highest echelons?
3. Would Hitler have moved the Nazi embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem?
4. Would Hitler have had a Nazi embassy in Tel Aviv either?
5. Would Hitler have recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights?
6. Would Hitler have pulled Nazi Germany out of the United Nations Human Rights Council because of their anti-Semitism?
7. Would Hitler have closed down PLO offices in Berlin?
8. Would Hitler have cut off funding for the UNRWA?
9. Would Hitler have named the likes of David Friedman as his ambassadors?
10. Would Hitler have initiated the Abraham Accords to bring Israel greater acceptance in the Arab world?
Tough questions. Really tough. Hard to know the answers. What would Hitler have done?
That is the Left’s formula: “This is the end of democracy!” Trying to prevent Elon Musk from buying Twitter while supporting Jeff Bezos buying the Washington Post. For the Left, that is the only way to protect democracy — by denying conservatives their democratic rights to vote. It is the only way to protect freedom of speech — by denying conservatives the right to speak.
And that is the way the Left operates in Israel.
The only way Yair Lapid could have shoved his Lebanon maritime give-away down everyone’s throats was by manipulating Israel’s democracy to bar the Knesset from voting on it.
The only way Oslo could have happened was by Yitzchak Rabin overriding the will of the public and buying off Raful Eitan’s right-wing-party Knesset members with ministries and personal limousines.
Israeli democracy in action, accepting personal bribes and pay-offs to imperil the country and its citizens — and the same Leftists want to prosecute Netanyahu over cigars and champagne?
Itamar Ben-Gvir is a perfectly worthy Knesset member, and he is as qualified to be a cabinet minister as is any other party head or co-head. Over the course of five election cycles in three years, he has played by the rules, has campaigned as a parliamentarian would, has not had backers terrorize voters. It is irrelevant what he did or did not do 25 years ago. Liberals forgave Ted Kennedy much sooner than that after Chappaquiddick. Liberals elected Bill Clinton amid Gennifer Flowers, Paula Corbin Jones, Juanita Broaddrick, Kathleen Willey, and Monica Lewinsky. (I think I have the order right.) They forgave Michael Richards (Cosmo Kramer in “Seinfeld”) after his terrible racist rant — because they like his humor. So Ben-Gvir circa 2022 is what matters, not circa 1994.
It has always been the Israeli Left’s way to demonize and lie for political gain, even at the expense of Israel’s very security. They brazenly lied about Deir Yassin to win points against the Irgun for the Labor Party’s pre-State predecessor, the Haganah. They sank the Altalena and murdered Jews aboard that ship that was importing weapons to save Jerusalem from being seized by Arab armies. They depicted Menachem Begin as a Hitler who would end Israeli democracy. That was their campaign slogan against Begin for thirty years.
Itamar Ben-Gvir is fine and worthy. He wants to expel Arab Muslims who are traitors to Israel and who support terror. That is reasonable. He wants to have Arab terror murderers executed. That, too, is perfectly reasonable. Others may differ, but that is how democracy works, and Jews in Israel have voted this time more demonstrably for the right wing. Indeed, if not for the personality hate that Avigdor Liberman and Gideon Sa’ar harbor against Benjamin Netanyahu, there now would be a coalition of 73 or so Knesset seats in a broad all-right-wing government.
So who elected Ben-Gvir anyway? Was it Netanyahu, who engineered an agreement between Bezalel Smotrich and Ben-Gvir to assure that right-wing votes would not be wasted? No.
Ben-Gvir was elected by those who hate the Arab Muslim Jew-haters and terrorists who have been trying to destroy the Jewish state and to murder its Jewish inhabitants, with almost-daily acts of terror. Also the Hamas terrorists in Gaza who fire rockets and even incendiary balloons into southern Israel as their way of showing gratitude to Israel for handing them Gaza unilaterally and uprooting Gush Katif in 2005. It is they — Arab Muslim Jew-haters within Israel and on her borders — who have bred a new mindset to take hold in Israel that can be summarized as “This garbage has got to stop.”
That is who elected Ben-Gvir, perhaps to become an Israeli cabinet minister. An expression of Israeli democracy.
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IF ISRAEL ANDTHE SAUDI'S PRE-EMPTIVELY ATTACK IRAN, IT IS IMPERATIVE IRANIANS, WHO ARE IN THE STREET, NOT DO AN ABOUT FACE.
SECOND, THE IRANIAN MILITARY MIGHT ALIGN THEMSELVES WITH THE PEOPLE AND CHALLENGE THE AYATOLLAH'S SPECIAL FORCES.
IF THE SAUDI'S JOIN ISRAEL IT WOULD ALSO GIVE POLITICAL COVER TO THE ISRAELIS BECAUSE THE WESTERN NATIONS WOULD BE INCLINED NOT TO BE AS CRITICAL OF ISRAEL. THE MASS MEDIA WILL BASH THEM REGARDLESS.
THERE IS SOME TALK IRAN MIGHT ATTTACK SAUDI OIL FELDS TO DRAW ATTENTION AWAY FROM THE IRANIAN RIOTERS. IF SUCCESSFUL IT MIGHT INCREASE THE PRICE OF OIL AND EXACERBATE THE SUPPLY IMBALANCE.
ONE THING FOR SURE, BIBI IS GOING TO DO EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER TO BRING THE SAUDI'S TO THE TABLE IN THE HOPE THEY WILL WILL BECOME A PARTY TO THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS.
THE SAUDIS HAVE EVERY REASON TO JOIN. THEY REALIZE THEY BENEFIT FROM AN ALLIANCE WITH THE STRENGTH OF ISRAEL
IN HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, BIBI IS VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT HE HAS BELIEVED WOULD STABILIZE THE MIDDLE EAST AND THAT IS IGNORE THE PALESTINIANS.
BIBI RESPECTED RABIN BUT ALWAYS THOUGHT HE WAS WRONG THINKING HE COULD BUY PEACE THROUGH TERRITORIAL CONCESSIONS. THE PALESTINIANS SEEK THE ELIMINATION OF ISRAEL NOT JUST TERRITORY. ARAFAT NEVER INTENDED TO ADHERE TO THE AGREEMENT CRAFTED BY CLINTON.
BIBI ARGUES IF THERE EVER WAS A REGION WHERE STRENGTH WAS OVERWHELMINGLY IMPORTANT AND RESPECTED IT IS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. EVERYTIME ISRAEL WAS FORCED TO PROVE IT WAS STRONG AND WILLING TO DEEND ITSELF IT'S ARAB ADVERSARIES BEGAN TO SOFTEN THEIR ATTITUDE. TRUMP UNDERSTOOD THIS AS WELL.
THE RULERS OF IRAN ARE VULNERABLE AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN A MORE PROPTIOUS TIME TO END THEIR NUCLEAR AMBITIONS.
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THE NYT'S COMES TO SAVANNAH AND MISSES JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.
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There is more to Savannah than its alluring green spaces and centuries-old Colonial, Georgian and Greek Revival architecture. In recent years, tour guides at places like the Owens-Thomas House and Slave Quarters are focusing more on the stories of enslaved people, offering visitors a fuller historical picture. Savannah is also a beacon for young creatives, thanks in part to the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), and the city now has many contemporary galleries as well as newer, locally focused artist hubs like Sulfur Studios. Venture outside of the Historic District, too: In the city’s east and west, you can find a variety of Black- and immigrant-owned restaurants and bars; and the up-and-coming Starland District has plenty of attractions. But be warned — it’s not uncommon for visitors to fall in love with the city and become locals.
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Key stops
Jepson Center for the Arts has interactive exhibitions and kid-friendly galleries that encourage play.
Troupial, a Venezuelan cafe, serves 18 different espresso options in an adorable repurposed Victorian house.
First African Baptist Church is one of the oldest Black churches in North America.
Forsyth Park is 30 acres of spacious lawns perfect for strolling and picnicking.
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Friday
3 p.m. Stop at the market
The Grey, an upscale restaurant housed in an old Greyhound bus station on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, was named one of Time Magazine’s Top 100 World's Greatest Places in 2018. That same year, its founders, Johno Morisano and the James Beard-award-winning chef Mashama Bailey, opened the Grey Market, part bodega, part lunch counter, just two blocks away. While it can be difficult to land a reservation at the Grey, the Market offers lunch-counter service and convenient to-go options like a chicken salad sandwich ($7), a crudite spread ($10), cookies ($3) from the bakery and soft drinks.
5 p.m. Stroll in Forsyth
Forsyth Park, the city’s oldest and most popular public green space, spans 30 acres, and features two playgrounds, as well as tennis and basketball courts. The iconic fountain, modeled after the fountains at the Place de la Concorde in Paris, is at the north end of the park. Here you’ll likely see local artists selling their work, and wedding and prom photographers setting up for the perfect shot. On the Whitaker Street side of the park, look for the Garden of Fragrance, designed for the blind with fragrant flowers and braille plaques, in an old fort.
Vittoria
7 p.m. Hang out in midtown
While Savannah’s downtown gets a lot of (deserved!) attention, you’ll also find plenty of dining and nightlife options in midtown. Start at Starland Yard, a lively open-air food-truck park, complete with patio seating, a bar and the brick-and-mortar Vittoria, a Neapolitan-inspired pizzeria. Within walking distance, you’ll find late-night options like Two Tides Brewing Company and the Wormhole, a loud dive bar with local comedy nights. For a cozier venue, try the Black Rabbit, a small sandwich shop and pub selling beers, specialty cocktails and sandwiches (from $7 for a half and $14 for a full). The $10 cocktails have almost lyrical names: the Affectionate Reverence combines hibiscus-and-apricot-infused tequila with lemon and tops it with an egg-white-and-tempranillo float.
The Jepson Center for the Arts includes a totally touchable upstairs space featuring 14 activities that invite kids to rethink concepts of art and play.
Saturday
9.30 a.m. Have Venezuelan coffee
Beat the downtown brunch crowd by staying in midtown. Troupial, a Venezuelan coffee bistro, landed this year in the Starland District, in a 1915 two-story yellow house near the railroad tracks – just follow the smell of espresso. In addition to more than a dozen coffee options, Troupial also offers fresh pastries, sandwiches with house-made bread and street-style food. Start with an order of tequeños, Venezuelan cheese pastries (five for $10), then try one of their many arepas ($10), a cornmeal pocket stuffed with fillings like scrambled eggs, ham, cheese, black beans and avocado.
Nourish
11 a.m. Spend time downtown
After brunch, hop in a car to Broughton Street. Take advantage of the city’s open container policy and grab a to-go mimosa from Common Restaurant while you explore downtown. Nourish, a family-owned store for natural bath and skin products, is perfect for anyone who can’t resist the smell of lavender or a fizzy bath bomb. Nineties nostalgia junkies and video-game lovers should visit Planet Fun, Savannah’s favorite toy and comic-book store. A few blocks away from Broughton is River Street, the popular cobblestoned street lining the Savannah River. Here you’ll find seafood restaurants, dive bars and souvenir shops housed in old cotton warehouses, as well as street musicians playing Johnny Mercer’s “Moon River.”
First African Baptist Church
1 p.m. Discover Black history in Savannah
Savannah is also home to the First African Baptist Church, one of the oldest Black churches in North America and a prominent landmark. For a tour of the sanctuary, purchase a $15 ticket from their website and arrive 10 minutes before the 1 p.m. start time. Inside, a guide will explain that the sanctuary was completed in 1859 while pointing out original elements, like the solid oak pews in the balcony that were made by enslaved Africans in the 1800s — some of which still bear carvings in classical West-African Arabic script. Other important Savannah Black history sites include the Beach Institute on Harris Street, a Black history and art museum housed in Savannah’s first school for African Americans; and Second African Baptist Church on Houston Street, where General Rufus Saxton relayed General Sherman’s “40 acres and a mule” proclamation. Although the church does not host tours, visitors are welcome to join a service.
Owens-Thomas House and Slave Quarters
3:30 p.m. See (and touch) the art
For all of the South’s sleepy stereotypes, Savannah boasts a thriving art scene with more than 20 museums, art galleries and artists’ markets in the downtown area alone. Grand house museums, some built or once maintained by enslaved people, display centuries-old art and furniture. For a more contemporary experience, visit the Jepson Center for the Arts. Located off Telfair Square, this museum holds six different exhibition galleries, including an interactive digital gallery called TechSpace, and an ArtZeum, a totally touchable upstairs space featuring 14 activities that invite kids to rethink concepts of art and play. Your $22 ticket to the Jepson also includes visits to two other locations: Telfair Academy and Owens-Thomas House and Slave Quarters.
Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant
6 p.m. Enjoy plantains, mojitos and live jazz
For dinner, head to Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant, a lively, family-owned restaurant serving authentic Cuban and Caribbean cuisine. Start with a mojito ($10) or sangria ($8) — both are potent. For dinner try the lechón asada ($12), their famous roasted pork with mojo sauce, with a side of plantain chips or Yuca fries. During the weekends, you’re in for a treat: every Friday and Saturday night at 6:30 p.m., Rancho hosts the local Jody Jazz Trio. The combination of strong drinks, large plates and live music makes this restaurant a popular option among locals, so reserve ahead.
9 p.m. Barhop down Congress Street
When you leave dinner, take a right and head down Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard until you reach Congress Street, where you’ll see a line of late-night bars and cocktail lounges, most open until 3 a.m. For a rooftop view, walk a block down to the Grove Savannah and order the champagne pop, a large fruity popsicle in a glass of brut. Across the street, the American Prohibition Museum will have opened Congress Street Up, the museum’s late-night lounge serving 1920s cocktails. End the night dancing at the Peacock Lounge, a speakeasy hidden in the basement of the Chinese restaurant Flock to the Wok. Look for the blue-neon-lit entrance in the alleyway behind the restaurant.
The Rotunda Gallery at the Telfair Academy, the oldest public art museum in the South.
Sunday
10 a.m. Explore the beach
Pick up a muffin or chicken biscuit from Back in the Day Bakery before heading to the beach. Just 20 minutes east on Highway 80 (30 minutes with traffic), Tybee Island is a barrier island with more than three miles of beaches. On the drive in, stop by the Fort Pulaski National Monument, built in 1829 to protect the port of Savannah, and inspect the damage left by Union rifled cannons in the Civil War. On South Beach, you’ll find the Tybee Island Pier, beachy shops and lively bars. For a quieter spot, continue down Highway 80 until it becomes Butler Avenue and eventually dead ends at a paid parking lot (download the Park TYB app). This is Back River Beach, known for dolphin sightings, good fishing and calm waves.
1 p.m. Climb Tybee Lighthouse
Before leaving the island, visit the Tybee Island Light Station & Museum. Spanning three acres, it is one of the most intact light stations in the country, featuring the oldest and tallest lighthouse in the state and all of its historic support buildings. Inside the Tybee Island lighthouse, originally built in 1773 and partly destroyed by fire in 1861, you’ll find 178 steps to the top, offering aerial views of the island. Consisting of masonry and metal only, the rebuilt lighthouse is now completely fireproof. Your $12 ticket (free for kids age 5 and under) also gains you entrance into additional buildings at the Light Station, such as the 19th-century keepers’ cottages and kitchens, where lighthouse keepers and their families lived.
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