The Government of Israel: Ministry of Tourism
Israel Insights
SEPTEMBER 2008
Your Personal Link To the Holy Land
In the News
Celebrate Israel!
Record-breaking numbers of Christian visiting Israel
They are walking where Jesus walked …
They are seeing the Bible come alive before their eyes …
They are sensing God’s presence like never before …
Desiring a life-changing experience in the land of the Bible, a record-breaking number of Christians are traveling to Israel in 2008. Read more »
See it in person -- and you'll never be the same!
A glass of wine that changed history?

In the days of Jesus, a wedding was a chance for a young couple to impress friends and neighbors they would see and talk to every day around town. Imagine, then, if a couple discovered that the wine ran out in the middle of their wedding feast! But that is just what happened in Cana of Galilee – at a wedding attended by Jesus, his mother Mary, and his disciples. Read more »
Out of the Past
New discoveries from Kingdom of Judah

A rich layer of discoveries from the latter part of the First Temple period (8th – 6th centuries BCE) was recently uncovered in archaeological salvage excavations that are being carried out in the northwestern part of the Western Wall plaza, just west of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Read more »
Sporlight on Jewish Culture
Celebrating the Jewish New Year

Rosh Hashanah is a solemn celebration commemorating the Jewish New Year. It falls on the first day of the seventh Hebrew calendar month, Tishri. The first of the Jewish High Holidays, Rosh Hashanah is a time to mark the creation of the world by God. It is also a time for the Jewish people to pause from their daily routines and examine their lives and their relationships with God. Read more »
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From the Commissioner
Welcome to Israel Insights!
Thank you! On behalf of the State of Israel and the Ministry of Tourism, I want to say how grateful we are to the many thousands of you who visited the Holy Land in 2007 and 2008.

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What leaders are saying ...
Never the same!
Kay Arthur “How does one say and capture with words what visiting Israel has done for my life? Now when I open God’s precious book, I find myself walking through the land of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. It all has
shape and form and understanding and a dimension I never
would have had in understanding the Word of God if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes. If you visit Israel, you will never be the same”
Kay Arthur
Author, speaker, and Bible teacher
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Your Questions Answered
Whether you're ready to host a tour group to Israel now — or you're just thinking about it for the future — here you will find answers to some of the questions most often asked about hosting a group in the land of the Bible.

Who can help me plan a trip to Israel?

Who will be in Israel to meet and guide my group?

Will our tour guide be well prepared?

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