By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israelis can fly to Greece, Bulgaria and Croatia, but must be tested for COVID-19 before flying and remain in quarantine upon arrival until receiving the results.
Since the discovery of the Qumran caves, several other marl caves have been discovered, but their finding was considered episodic and not particularly significant.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israelis will reportedly be limited to four locations and will have to remain in quarantine until receiving the results of a pre-flight COVID-19 test.
The city is offering free entrances to tourist attractions, culinary tours, tour guides, and other attractions.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Tourism Minister Asaf Zamir called the move “important news for the aviation sector and all Israelis.”
The students will be absorbed in labs at all Israeli universities, including those researching coronavirus.
Rosenberg wants control of the airline in exchange for the $75 million.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The new nonstop flight is part of the first long-haul international flights that American has launched from New York in more than four years.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
United also increasing service to Israel out of its New York/Newark hub from one flight a day to 10 weekly flights.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The ban on foreigners arriving at Ben-Gurion International Airport—and requirement for Israelis returning from abroad to self-quarantine for 14 days—was scheduled to expire on July 1• Meanwhile, many airlines have resumed flights to and from Tel Aviv.
“This is a diplomatic achievement with significant economic impact on the State of Israel,” the Foreign Ministry stated Thursday.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israel and the UAE do not have formal diplomatic relations.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Some 150 Emirati engineers, researchers and scientists have been working on the Emirates Mars Mission since the project was inaugurated in 2014, and is slated to arrive in Mars’ orbit by 2021.
By Eliana Rudee
Among the 3,500-plus photographers participating in the Israeli-initiated challenge were photographers from the Palestinian Authority, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
Critics believe that the project is controversial and would solidify Israeli control of the city, as well as ruin the view, and are fighting to prevent both from being constructed.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“In light of the low demand for passenger flights, the company has decided to extend the temporary cessation of flights,” said the airline.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
That loss came before the coronavirus, which has only grounded planes and cost the airlines even more money.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A “green” list of countries with low rates of infection would be the initial destinations in restarting flights.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Flights won't resume due to regulations barring entry to foreigners and requiring returning Israelis to self-isolate for two weeks, airline says • Israeli Health Ministry to review policy on May 15.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Just inches from its highest level in 20 years, the Kinneret’s biggest fans remain barred from its shores due to current travel restrictions.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
According to Defense Minister Naftali Bennett, his proposal to impose restrictions on arrivals from the U.S., Italy, Spain and France was turned down • Bennett for greater Israeli self-reliance in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
Israel has updated and clarified which non-citizens will and will not be allowed into Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The new restriction will affect those who have traveled within the last two weeks to Thailand, Macau, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Forbes magazine has declared the coastal city the second-best worth visiting in the world.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israel is developing ties with a long list of Arab and Muslims countries.
In response to the incident, Russia’s embassy in Israel said Israel denies entry to hundreds of Russians every month.
BBC’s Good Food Magazine wrote that Tel Aviv has exceptional street food, much of which is vegan-friendly.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
No photo of the meeting was issued by either side.
Last year Israel reached its lowest ever number of car accident fatalities per capita, at 3.6 deaths per 100,000 people.
The Inbal Hotel is defined as “a secure hotel”, of which there are only 4 such hotels in Jerusalem.
Some 54 percent of tourists said that their views on Israel changed for the better after visiting the country.
Let’s touch the Light!
The IAA assured that “at no stage has there been a safety incident stemming from the GPS disruption in the context of the precision of navigation and flight corridors.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
It will be able to carry 3,000 passengers per hour in each direction, utilizing 73 carriages.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Emergency services received a report about a family of five, parents and their three children, who had not returned from a ride in a sailboat on the Kinneret.
By Josh Hasten
Several hundred entrepreneurs and business professionals gathered to introduce their products and services, network, hear lectures and attend workshops at the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce’s second annual Anglo-Israeli/American Jerusalem Expo and Conference.
The residents have called for a mass demonstration against what they called “displays of normalization with the Zionists.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Efrat Mayor Oded Revivi, stated that Levin’s decision to build hotels in Judea and Samaria was “the real and Zionist response to the BDS and boycotters.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
With eight inches already on the ground and snow expected to continue to fall throughout the day, the Hermon ski-resort management closed the site to visitors, on Sunday
By Rachel Cohen
This Passover, their intimate tasting room and visitors center will be open to the general public and during chol hamoed and will be free of charge
The decision was the direct result of the lawsuits against Airbnb's for their anti-Israel boycott.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Economic Research Department of the Israel Hotels Association recently published data for February 2019 on hotel stays compared with the same period over the past two years, and the evidence is clear: Incoming tourism to Israel is decidedly on the rise, and Chinese tourists are helping make it happen.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The newly inaugurated, 10-year, 20 million shekel (about $5.5 million) project led by the East Jerusalem Development Company has delivered accessibility to all three of the city’s holy sites—the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Temple Mount and the Western Wall.
Prime Minister Netanyahu, former Gov. Huckabee and Binyamin Regional Council Chairman Gantz planted trees at the ancient and modern Jewish site.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Next on the U.S. horizons: San Francisco starting on May 13; Las Vegas beginning on June 14; and Orlando, Fla., as of July 2.
By Israel Hayom
Inbound tourism reached 4.1 million in 2018, breaking the previous record from 2017.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Florida is Israel’s 13th-largest trade partner worldwide and one of 33 U.S. states holding cooperative economic agreements with Israel.
By Israel Hayom
Constructed at a cost of some $500 million, it has an annual capacity of 2.5 million passengers. It is able to handle 20 takeoffs and landings an hour and accommodate large aircraft, such as Boeing 747s.
The sailor, Jean Francois Colas, 60, was taken to an Israeli hospital in Ashdod for further treatment.
40% of tourists who arrived in Israel this year are returning tourists who have already visited Israel – proof that Israel is a desirable destination in the world.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“In recent years, Las Vegas has become attractive for the Israeli leisure travelers and among the business sector due to the many conferences and exhibitions held in the city,” said El Al CEO Gonen Usishkin.
The airline will fly to Tel Aviv twice a week.
Security is the “elephant in the room” for the tourism sector.
Some 3.1 million tourists visited Israel between January and September.
By JNi.Media
The sukkah was erected by a group of foreign office employees from various departments and diverse backgrounds, which is dedicated to promoting religion and faith.
By JNi.Media
Throughout her years in office, Merkel strengthened the friendship between Germany and Israel.
By JNi.Media
Prime Minister Netanyahu has since apologized for the Israeli police brutality against the gifted American visitor, suggesting it was human error. Bibi, as Bibi does, was lying.
By JNi.Media
The lack of manpower in housekeeping is one of the most difficult problems facing hotel operations in Israel. Turns out Israelis don't like cleaning up after visiting foreigners. Who knew?
For 15 years, the once beautiful hotel has been a shuttered eyesore opposite the walls of Jerusalem.
By JNi.Media
The Turks' purpose in the visit was to visit al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, one of the tourists said, stating: “The only dream of the group that consists of mainly young people was to see Jerusalem.”
By JNi.Media
Both plots are part of an approved plan that includes a commercial center and a regional convention center.
By JNi.Media
"We saw a rare thing: the whales were in a restive state and swam in a group of six, when they are usually a reclusive species."
By JNi.Media
First Israeli lunar spacecraft set to land on moon Feb. 13, 2019, making Israel fourth country to reach Earth's satellite.
2.1 million tourist entered Israel between January and June, a 19% increase over last year.
By JNi.Media
"Moshav Nahalal is built in the shape of a circle just like the sun, so this is the most appropriate day for an event of this kind."
By JNi.Media
Since receiving the title, every year the city of Tel Aviv celebrates the proclamation with a series of White Night events that connect to Tel Avciv's DNA of a Nonstop City.
Shibli–Umm al-Ghanam, a village with 7,000 residents at the foot of Mount Tabor will welcome the first high-end boutique hotel in a Bedouin town.
Roundtrip fares will start from $622 in tourist class, and $2582 in business class. The flight will last for almost 11 hours on Boeing Dreamliners.
By JNi.Media
The signal is given the lambs are slaughtered and the process of preparing them to be roasted whole begins.
By JNi.Media
This year marks the 70th anniversary of Israel's independence and the 50th anniversary of the Unification of Jerusalem. To celebrate both occasions, a variety of events will take place throughout the city from April 18 to 19, free of charge.
Israel's Transportation Ministry said it would also work to ensure fair competition conditions for El Al.
By JNi.Media
While not on the top 10 list of expensive cities on the planet, Tel Aviv remains one of the most expensive cities in the Middle East.
By JNi.Media
The police directed them back to safe territory, communicating with the 7-year-old grandchild (the obvious authority figure on things technological).
By JNi.Media
Air India will get a one-time grant of $930,000 from Israel for launching its direct flights between New Delhi and Tel Aviv, paid out in three $310,000 installments.
By JNi.Media
According to the Tourism Ministry, 91% of tourists ranked their visit to Israel as very good or excellent.
By JNi.Media
“This is a special day and an historic milestone as we break the 3-million-tourist barrier and set a new all-time record," Minister Levin said.
By JNi.Media
Daily Torah seminars exploring the Jewish message behind sports and the meaning of competition will take place at one of the two Pyeongchang Chabad centers and at the Jewish room in the Olympic Village.
By JNi.Media
The new, high-speed railway has been criticized by the political left and the Palestinian Authority for passing through about 4 miles of Judea and Samaria, most of it through tunnels.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is calling on Muslims to visit the Al Aqsa mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem in solidarity.
Naftali Bennett: Israel will bring parents of lone soldiers to Israel to visit their children and see Israel.
By JNi.Media
The trips inspire men to connect deeply with their Jewish heritage, and transform themselves, their families – and ultimately their communities and the wider world.
By JNi.Media
Ben Gurion Airport once again made Travel + Leisure’s list of top ten international Airports.
By JNi.Media
The number of rare ibexes that have been killed at the Nahal Ashalim Nature Reserve has risen to 8.
By JNi.Media
1.74 million tourist entries were recorded in January-June 2017, an increase of 26% over the same period in 2016 (1.38 million), and 24% more than in 2015.
By JNi.Media
While huge resources are being invested in the development of Dead Sea beaches and infrastructure to attract more tourists, the hotels are finding it difficult to absorb the increased traffic.
"When the only contact people have with the Orthodox Jewish world is negative and aggressive, it reflects badly on all of us," a hareidi-religious businesswoman said.
By JNi.Media
Discounts for young travelers ages 20 to 40 include museums, hotels, restaurants and shows.
By JNi.Media
The Acre Opera Festival will take place for the fourth consecutive year in the Old City’s Crusader Fortress, (a UNESCO World Heritage site), August 3-5, 2017.
In the last year, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of tourists and business people visiting Israel from China.
By JNi.Media
Today, the only access road to the Wailing Wall from the Jewish Quarter is the stairway, a drop of about 26 yards.
By JNi.Media
The Jewish population of Djerba consisted mainly of kohanim (priests), and some claim that they are the only bona fide kohanim we have today.
By JNi.Media
Bring your own food and water, and download a movie on your iPad or laptop ahead of the flight.
By JNi.Media
Minister Momani did not mention the stabbing in his statement, saying instead that his death was a crime, and that Israel is responsible, as the occupying power in Jerusalem.
By JNi.Media
Israel is trying to avoid yet another clash with Erdogan, so they sent him a message of sharp rebuke and they're hope that'll be the end of it.
The nonstop flights return this November.
By JNi.Media
Escorted by Israeli police, 30 Goldwing members and supporters of Belev Echad took the wounded veterans around Jerusalem for a daylong tour.