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Israel at a Glance

 General Information

 
    • The art scene in Israel had its beginnings in the early part of the 20th centur...
    • Israel is a modern country with a vibrant, diverse business community. Israel i...
    • Israelis are addicted to all forms of communicating and the very latest tec...
    • Israel's Minstry of Tourism is launching a periodical newsletter that keeps you...
    • ​The Ministry of Tourism presents a gallery of over 2,000 pictures on its Inter...
    • The State of Israel has some 7.4 million inhabitants. The most prominent charac...

 Cities in Israel

 
    • Jerusalem is a city of overwhelming emotions, a city that promises a religious ...
    • Tel Aviv, the country’s economic and cultural center, is a lively, active city ...
    • ​Eilat is the ultimate resort city, located on the shore of the Red Sea.
    • Nazareth is a city of religion and faith, of spirituality and holiness, but als...
    • ​Israel’s third largest city and one of its prettiest, Haifa is a multi-faceted...
    • Tiberias is a lively tourist city on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, offering ...
    • ​Isfiya is a village that has a rich tradition of openness, hospitality, and wa...
    • ​Ein Gedi is an oasis in the desert and a green Garden of Eden in the wildernes...
    • ​Kibbutz Sde Boker is the realization of the dream envisioned by David Ben Guri...
    • ​The kibbutz Lohamey Ha'getaot was founded in 1949 by Holocaust survivors from ...
    • Be'er Sheva, the modern-day capital of the Negev, has a history going back all ...
    • Gush Halav is the site of a city that prospered 5000 years ago.
    • ​Ein Hod is a charming, picturesque artists’ village set in the heart of the Ca...
    • ​Daliyat el-Carmel is a colorful Druze village high on the slopes of Mt. Carmel...
    • ​Kfar Nakhum is one of Christianity’s holiest and most important sites and is v...
    • A pleasant and quiet town sitting right on the edge of the Ramon Crater
    • ​Peki’in is a story of harmony: a village where Christian Arabs, Druze and one ...
    • Acre is a meeting place for East and West, new and old, beauty and ruins, all a...
    • ​Metula is Israel’s northernmost town, a quiet and pleasant place, built of a r...
    • The past and the future come together in Caesarea: the new city is graced with ...
    • ​Kfar Tavor, situated on the eastern lower Galilee, invites tourists to enjoy a...
    • Katzerin, the capital of the Golan Heights, was founded in 1977 and since then ...
    • ​Bnei Brak is the only large city in Israel whose inhabitants are mainly ultra-...
    • Rosh-Pina is a town whose main source of income is upscale tourism: a place of ...
    • ​Ashkelon is the southernmost city on the Mediterranean shoreline, offering new...
    • ​Tel Hai is a historic site that commemorates the heroism of the Hula Valley pi...
    • ​Neveh Shalom, or Wahat al Salaam, is the first Jewish–Arab settlement in Israe...
    • ​Nahariya, Israel’s northernmost coastal city, is a place where one can enjoy a...
    • ​Kiryat Shmona, Israel’s northernmost city, nestles in the Hula Valley, in the ...
    • ​Safed is a picturesque city of spiritual people and artists, wrapped in mystic...

 Regions

 
    • ​The Golan Heights is one of the most beautiful and most traveled parts of the ...
    • ​The Galilee is a mountainous region in Israel’s north, and is divided into two...
    • ​The Hula valley is a place of miracles and wonders. Heroic people working toge...
    • The Bible, geography and ancient and modern history in the Jezreel Valley are p...
    • ​The Lowlands, or the Shfela as they are called in Hebrew, are the transitional...
    • ​Warm, soft sand, seashells and snails, waves that lap the shore and wide open ...
    • ​The Dan Region is the pulsing hub of the country, the metropolis at the heart ...
    • ​The Jerusalem Hills are known not only for their historic importance but for t...
    • ​This region south of Jerusalem, with its picturesque rolling hills adorned wit...
    • The site of David's epic battle against Goliath has become one of the hidden ge...
    • The lowest spot on the face of the earth, and a natural health spa - the Dead S...
    • The Judean Desert is considered a relatively small desert but it contains many ...
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