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1. Caesarea Private Tour (half-day)

2. Private Full-Day Wadi Shab and Bimmah Sinkhole Tour

3. 7-Night Israel Highlights and Bibleland Tour

4. Caesarea, Haifa And Akko Tour

5. Caeserea, Rosh Hanikra and Acre Day Trip from Tel Aviv

6. Unforgettable Tour to Caesarea, Haifa, Acre and Rosh HaNikra from Tel Aviv

7. Highlights of Caesarea, Haifa, Acre and Rosh Hanikra Tour from Tel Aviv

8. 8-Night Israel Tour from Tel Aviv: Jerusalem, Dead Sea, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Northern Israel and Petra

9. Haifa Shore Excursion: Nazareth and the Galilee - for cruise ship guests only

10. In the Footsteps of Jesus - Private Tour of Nazareth & the Sea of Galilee

11. Private Israeli Wines Tour of the Central Israel

12. Bike the Holy Land with Yoav Lavi, Bike Guide for all levels and a Photographer

13. GoKedem 5-Day Private All-Inclusive Cross-Israel Adventure

14. Caeserea and Rosh Hanikra Day Trip from Jerusalem

15. Haifa Culinary VIP Tour

16. Private tour: Caesarea, Haifa, and Mt. Carmel

17. Haifa Highlights Private Tour

18. Haifa and Acre Private Tour

19. Haifa's specials spots

20. Israel Package 8 Days-7 Nights Tel Aviv Hotel With Tours&Transfer

21. Holy Jerusalem Private Tour

22. GoKEDEM Gallilee Adventure From Tel Aviv With Authentic Druze Feast

23. VIP Culinary Tour in Haifa

24. Full-Day Private Tour from Haifa to Old City of Acre

25. Christianity Day Tour: Haifa Port to Nazareth and Sea of Galilee

26. 2 days and 1 night Private tour to Jebel Shams/Nizwa - Muscat

27. Haifa Port Shore Excursion: Nazareth and Sea of Galilee Day Tour from Haifa Port

28. 2-Day Israel Tour from Jerusalem: Caesarea, Acre, Haifa and Nazareth

29. Private 7-Day Guided Tour in Israel

30. Caesarea and Haifa Private Tour from Tel Aviv

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Jewish Tour, 3 Days

"We enjoyed the guides. They were knowledgeable of the sites we visited and would recommend the company." Tom, traveled in February 2020

Caesarea, Galilee & Golan, 3 Days

Discover Israel

"Accommodations and food were very good and guides and drivers were friendly." Kenneth, traveled in March 2023

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Galilee, Golan, Caesarea and Nazareth 4 days

"We had a fantastic tour to Galilee, Golan, Caesarea, and Nazareth. The communication and the booking process were smooth." LjudmylaChedryk, traveled in February 2019

The best of Israel in 4 days

"This tour, planned at the last minute for us, far surpassed our expectations. I would totally recommend this tour to anyone." Daniel, traveled in April 2018

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Israel Explorer - 6 days

Highlights of Israel - 8 days

Highlights of Israel

"Optional could have been offered/suggested for the last day in Jerusalem with many of us on later departures." Michael, traveled in December 2019

• 10% deposit on some dates Some departure dates offer you the chance to book this tour with a lower deposit.

Highlights of the Holy Land Best Experience - 8 Days

"Beautiful tour, saw a lot and heard extensive, substantive information about it." Miriam, traveled in October 2022

"This trip is full on, and we could not believe just how much we got to see and learn." nixos, traveled in March 2020

8 Days Highlights of Israel

"Every box was checked, all logistics perfect. Shukie and Shimone, guide and driver were outstanding." David, traveled in November 2019

Past to the Future - The Story of the Israeli State - 11 days

"Excellent tour so knowledgable will definitely book again" HowardKane, traveled in April 2021

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Informative on the tour we enjoyed the guides. They were knowledgeable of the sites we visited and would recommend the company.

Excellent tour guides, transportation services, and hotel accommodations. We were able to visit several historical and significant sites, with enough time in the afternoon to roam around and explore the area. Highly recommended!

We had a fantastic tour to Galilee, Golan, Caesarea, and Nazareth, the guide Tomer was extraordinarily knowledgeable and answer any questions we had. We highly recommend him for your visit to Israel. The communication and the booking process with the booking-tours company were smooth, and all pickup was on time.

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A small group tour to the most vibrant & cool city in the Middle East - Tel Aviv and the old port city of Jaffa.

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An unforgettable small group shore excursion to 2 of the most fascinating places in the world - Jerusalem and the Dead Sea.

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A fascinating small group tour to the biblical and historical sites in Jerusalem & Bethlehem.

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Custom made, private shore excursions for small groups and individuals from the ports of Haifa & Ashdod.

Nazareth & Galilee Tour (from Haifa)

Follow the footstep of Jesus Christ and visit breathtaking scenery of the Galilee region in this small group shore excursion

Jerusalem Tour (From Haifa)

A small group shore excursions to the City of Jerusalem from Haifa

Acre, Safed & Haifa Tour

A fascinating off-the-bitten-track excursion that covers some of the hidden gems of Israel - Acre (Acco), Tzfat and Caesarea (Keisaria).

2 Days: Jerusalem & Galilee Region

A full two-day small group tour in beautiful Northern Israel (Galilee) and ancient Jerusalem, with an overnight stay.

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Haifa is Israel’s third-largest city, Israel’s chief port and home to 400,000.  Draped around the slopes of biblical Mount Carmel, it is a 100-year-old city whose importance burgeoned in the 1920’s and 1930’s as Britain followed its League of Nations mandate over Palestine to create a Jewish homeland. The bustling lower Carmel neighborhood is the port area and where much of Haifa’s daily business is conducted. The slopes of central Carmel are largely residential, and the mountaintop Upper Carmel is home to museums, many hotels and shops. Transportation from the top to the bottom of Mount Carmel is achieved by the Carmelit subway, the Bat Ganim cable car and, of course, by road.

Haifa’s iconic symbol is the golden-domed Baha’i Shrine of the Bab, completed in 1953, that abuts the international headquarters of the Baha’i Faith, a network of giant white Greco-Roman buildings whose beauty stuns the visitor. The Shrine of the Bab was further beautified with the completion in 2001 of the “hanging gardens” (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) magnificent terraced gardens that lead from the shrine to the bottom of Mount Carmel. Here is the restored Templer Colony – where the homes and workshops of 19 th -century German Christian “Templer” immigrants are now a network of chic stores, bars and restaurants.

Haifa is home to a dozen museums – including a museum of Japanese Art, Israel’s Railway Museum and the Af-Al-Pi-Chen Museum of Illegal Immigration. It is also home to the Technion, Israel’s version of MIT. Haifa’s Wadi Nisnas neighborhood is the center of multi-holiday celebrations reflecting Haifa’s identity as city that is home to Jews, Christians, Muslims and Baha’is.

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Take the cable car up to Mt Carmel (546 meters) and enjoy the magnificent views. Visit the Stella Maris Carmelite Monastery, Latin for "Star of the Sea." Admire the church's beautifully painted ceiling and dome. Stretching back to the Crusader era, the monks originally inhabited the mountain caves.

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Stroll around the picturesque, restored German Colony at the foot of the Baha'i Gardens. German Templars who came to establish a Christian community here built the houses in the 19th century. Cruise to Israel to admire the pretty stone houses, browse the little shops, and meet the locals in the lively cafes.

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Fill up for your Haifa adventure with some burekas , a crispy phyllo dough pastry often filled with vegetables, spices and cheese. Enjoy Middle Eastern fare like falafel wraps slathered in tahini sauce or lamb shawarma brightened up with herbaceous parsley in the Wadi Nisnas or Hadar neighborhoods. For desert, taste sweet baklava , with layers of flaky pastry and pistachio sweetened with honey, or knefah , a light cheesecake soaked in sweet syrup.

Haifa's largest shopping mall is the Grand Canyon and includes over 200 designer and boutique shops. In the Haifa Flea Market, you can find vintage and secondhand items, including handmade silver and gold jewelry. During your Israel cruise, look for decorative plates and ceramics hand-painted with traditional geometric patterns or Holy Land-themed designs.

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DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthi group said on Thursday it launched two joint military operations with the Iraqi Islamic Resistance against ships at Israel's Haifa port.

"The first targeted two ships carrying military equipments in the port of Haifa, while the second targeted a ship that violated the decision to ban entry to the port," Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said in a televised statement.

The Houthis, who control Yemen's capital and most populous areas, have attacked international shipping in the Red Sea since November in solidarity with the Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas militants, drawing U.S. and British retaliatory strikes since February.

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Thousands of demonstrators rallied in Israel on Saturday evening in support of the proposal. Protesters also gathered in Rome, Paris and Jakarta.

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Protesters in Tel Aviv and around the world Saturday called on Israeli leaders to accept the latest road map for a cease-fire and the return of hostages in Gaza, a day after President Biden said it was time for the war to end.

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum in Israel said it was launching “an emergency operation” to pressure members of the government to accept the declaration outlined by President Biden on Friday. The plan would begin with an immediate, temporary cease-fire and work toward the return of all hostages, a permanent end to the war and the reconstruction of Gaza.

“The Forum demands the return of all the hostages, some for rehabilitation and others for burial, and not to miss the opportunity that has arisen to bring them home,” the group said in a statement on social media.

The group demanded an “immediate approval of the deal,” the statement said, adding, “Don’t lose this moment!”

Mr. Netanyahu was still calling for the complete destruction of Hamas and the freeing of all hostages before ending the war. And two of Mr. Netanyahu’s far-right coalition partners — Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir — threatened to quit his government should he move forward with the proposal.

The debate over the latest proposal gave new life to protests held every Saturday in Tel Aviv. Thousands of demonstrators rallied in the streets there and in other parts of Israel on Saturday evening in support of the proposal.

Some protesters covered themselves in fake blood, and others walked through the streets holding the Israeli flag and signs that read “Bring Them Home.” Haaretz, an Israeli newspaper, reported that protesters blocked traffic in northern Israel, and that at least three people were detained.

Haaretz also reported that thousands of demonstrators rallied near Mr. Netanyahu’s house in Caesarea, a coastal town located midway between Tel Aviv and Haifa.

Protesters also gathered in Rome, Paris and Jakarta, Indonesia, on Saturday.

The United States also continued its efforts to push the region to work toward a cease-fire in Gaza.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke on Saturday with the Egyptian foreign minister, Qatar’s prime minister and Qatar’s minister of foreign affairs. Egypt and Qatar have been working to help broker an agreement. In his phone calls, Mr. Blinken spoke about the urgent need for a cease-fire and called on Hamas to accept the deal without delay, said Matthew Miller, a spokesman for the State Department.

Aaron Boxerman contributed reporting.

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An Israeli airstrike hit a United Nations school complex in central Gaza that had become a shelter for thousands of displaced Palestinians  and, Israel said, Hamas militants. Gazan health officials said dozens of people were killed, including women and children .

After a barrage from Hezbollah militants on northern Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened a “very intense”  military response.

Even as Hamas and Israel appear to be inching closer to a cease-fire agreement, analysts are skeptical that the sides will ever implement a deal  that goes beyond a temporary truce.

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Columbia Law School: The website of the Columbia Law Review was taken offline by its board of directors after its editors published  an article arguing Palestinians are living under a “brutally sophisticated structure of oppression” by Israel that is a crime against humanity.

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The U.S. announced it. Israel kind of rejected it. What is Biden's Gaza cease-fire plan?

Everything netanyahu has said about the plan has been a mixed signal, and agreeing to it risks a revolt by ultra-nationalists who could topple his government's ruling coalition..

It was sold as an Israeli-endorsed deal. But it was President Joe Biden − whose support for Israel in the Gaza war has tarnished his reputation with Arab American voters − who announced it.

It was described as a cease-fire proposal supported by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Yet everything Netanyahu subsequently said about it was a mixed signal, and agreeing to it risks a revolt by ultra-nationalists who could topple his government's ruling coalition, leaving him vulnerable to legal woes the war has obscured.

And it contained no clear identifiable solution to the one fundamental issue that both Israel and Hamas have appeared to be completely inflexible on after eight months of fighting: whether any cease-fire plan would be permanent and involve a complete withdrawal of Israel's military from Gaza.

The White House has said it has "every expectation" that Israel will, if Hamas does, accept the U.S.-backed cease-fire plan that Biden unveiled in a surprise speech last week. Hamas has yet to sign on to the deal. Here's what the plan involves and some of the calculations Netanyahu may have to make in deciding, or not, to back it.

What was in the Biden truce proposal?

Biden said the truce proposal was first outlined by Israel and then passed to mediators who brought it to Hamas. It contained three distinct phases. The first phase of the deal, characterized as a "full and complete cease-fire," would last six weeks. During this time, Israel's military would withdraw from Gaza's densely populated areas and release an unspecified number of hostages, including women, the elderly, the wounded, as well as the remains of killed hostages. In return, Israel would release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. Humanitarian assistance to Gaza would surge during this first phase, with 600 trucks being allowed into the enclave each day.

The second phase of the deal, as described by Biden, would see all the remaining hostages , including male soldiers, held by Hamas released. At the same time, Israel would withdraw its forces from Gaza. The third phase of the agreement would involve the reconstruction of Gaza . The war has resulted in massive devastation to Gaza's infrastructure. The proposal did not specify who would run Gaza during the third phase, or afterward. A previous agreement reached by Israel and Hamas, in November, allowed for a pause in fighting in exchange for the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. The truce broke down after four days.

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Was this Israel's idea? Or the United States'?

Ophir Falk, Netanyahu's chief foreign policy adviser, told the Sunday Times (of London) the deal as outlined by Biden was something Israel previously drafted and agreed to. But he also described Biden's announcement as a "political speech," an apparent reference to Biden's poor standing with Arab American and other voters from his political base who want to see the war in Gaza end as quickly as possible.

Falk said it was "not a good deal," as outlined.

He added that there were "a lot of details to be worked out."

For his part, Netanyahu, in two carefully worded statements released in the days after Biden's announcement, said "Israel's conditions for ending the war have not changed: the destruction of Hamas's military and governing capabilities, the freeing of all hostages and ensuring that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel."

A 'nonstarter'?

Netanyahu said Israel would not agree to any deal before those conditions were met. A "nonstarter," he called it.

So was this a case of Netanyahu floating a plan to Biden that Israel's leader was never actually willing to accept?

Ami Pedahzur, an expert on Israeli politics and security who teaches at the University of Haifa, said he had never before encountered a time in Israeli politics when there was "so much spin" going on in terms of teasing the government's thinking on the war and how to end it. However, he said he did not think Netanyahu was "playing games" by detailing a potential cease-fire plan to the U.S. that appears to cross some of his own red lines.

Pedahzur said one plausible explanation was that Netanyahu asked the U.S. to "put it forward to see what response" it would generate for his domestic audience, where polls show overwhelming support for any action that would lead to the freeing of hostages. Netanyahu faces growing pressure to secure the hostage's release from their families, and to end the war because of its impact on Palestinians. The International Court of Justice has ordered Israel to halt its assault on Rafah, Gaza's southernmost city. The International Criminal Court has applied for an arrest warrant for Netanyahu − as well as Hamas' leader − for alleged war crimes.

The White House has also dangled a threat to withdraw U.S. arms from Israel.

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Still, Nimrod Novik, a foreign policy fellow at Israel Policy Forum, a think tank, and a onetime adviser to Israel's late prime minister, Shimon Peres, had a different interpretation of Netanyahu's motivations. He said that "those of us who have been following Netanyahu for decades have seen this mode of operation before."

Novik said when faced with political obstacles and "narrowing" options Netanyahu almost always "trusts the second party will be obstructionist." In other words, Israel's leader is counting on Hamas rejecting the Biden-announced plan, Novik believes. He said in the event Hamas comes back with a positive reaction to the proposal "then we'll be at a fork in the road: either Netanyahu yields to the extremists in his government, in which case there will be a dramatic surge in public protests in Israel to the point where the country could be shut down."

Alternatively, should he go for the Biden initiative, triggering the fall of his government, it is possible that a coalition of centrist opposition parties could come to Netanyahu's aid to keep him in power "in the service of the national interest," Novik said. Though that would involve Netanyahu committing to "a sea change in our Palestinian policy, a permanent cease-fire, normalization of ties with Saudi Arabia, scrapping judicial reforms" and other measures that Israel's ultra-nationalists have opposed with his consent.

What happens to Netanyahu if he loses the right-wing?

The White House has denied that there are any "gaps" between what Biden outlined on Friday and what Netanyahu's government put forward. "We're confident that it accurately reflects that proposal − a proposal that we worked with the Israelis on," U.S. national security spokesman John Kirby said Monday.

However, Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich both described the plan unveiled by Biden as "reckless" and tantamount to surrendering to Hamas. They have threatened, if Netanyahu accepts it, to withdraw their parties' support for him in Israel's Knesset, or Parliament.

If that happens Netanyahu's government could collapse, potentially triggering an election and dislodging him from power and exposing Netanyahu to face a litany of bribery, fraud and breach of trust charges − all accusations he denies − that his time in office has provided a degree of shelter from.

It's also possible that a coalition of centrist opposition parties could come to Netanyahu's aid to keep him in power "in the service of the national interest," Novik said, though that would involve Netanyahu committing to "a sea change in our Palestinian policy, a permanent cease-fire, normalization of ties with Saudi Arabia, scrapping judicial reforms" and other measures that Israel's ultra-nationalists have opposed with his consent.

A threat by Benny Gantz, a retired army general and political centrist, to leave Netanyahu's wartime Cabinet by June 8 if no plan for a post-war Gaza materializes would mean Netanyahu is further reliant on his far-right allies.

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An idea for a deal. Now what?

Still, Simcha Rothman, a lawyer and member of the Knesset from the far-right Religious Zionist Party, disputed the idea that Biden's announcement of the plan in any way applies pressure to Israel eight months into the war.

"If it's the Israeli offer he spoke about (on Friday), then why would he apply pressure to Israel to accept its own offer. That makes no sense," said Rothman. "I see this as simply a political act, and not as an act that will help bring back any hostage any sooner. It's a big mistake, to say the least," he said of Biden's intervention.

Rothman said he suspected Biden was "trying to interfere in Israel's politics, which is unacceptable."

He sidestepped a question on what would happen if Hamas were to accept the plan as revealed by Biden. Rothman's comments came as Biden said in an interview Tuesday that there is "every reason" to think Netanyahu is prolonging Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza for his own political gain and self-preservation.

"I'm not going to comment on that. There is every reason for people to draw that conclusion," Biden said.

Biden used the interview, with Time magazine, offer qualified support for Netanyahu. U.S. congressional leaders are working to finalize a date for Netanyahu to deliver a joint address to Congress, an event that could draw protests. Netanyahu addressed Congress in 2015, when he voiced concerns over a nuclear deal with Iran.

Yotam Eyal, an Israeli lawyer who lives on land in the West Bank claimed by Palestinians, nevertheless said he too was against any deal with Hamas for now. "It's not about the idea of a deal, it's more about the idea that we don't have a good deal that will stop Hamas. If we keep Hamas in power in Gaza we'll get Oct. 7. again and again and again," Eyal said of the day that saw Israelis attacked, murdered and kidnapped on Israel's southern border.

Sami Omar Zidan , a Gazan currently living in temporary housing in Cairo, Egypt, where he evacuated with his wife and daughter about a month ago, before Israel completely closed the border amid its assault on Rafah, said he also only sees endless cycles of violence. Deal or not, he said, he's not sure Israel's war will ever end.

"No matter what happens,'' he said, ''Israel never stops . ''