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The Top 10 New Things To Do in Israel
As we start a new Jewish year - 5783 - it's time to look back at ten of the best new things to hit the Israeli tourism scene in this past...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Sep 30, 20225 min read
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[Almost] All Restrictions on Entering Israel Set to End
It's a brave new world. And it's a long-time coming. There are now [virtually] no COVID-related restrictions in relation to traveling to...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
May 17, 20222 min read
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Check out my Mount of Olives Tour in the Jerusalem Post
Recently I had the pleasure of guiding Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman of the Jerusalem Post on a tour of the Mount of Olives. The article was...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Apr 19, 20221 min read
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Israel is NOW OPEN for ALL Tourists (as of March 1)
In a major change in policy, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced today that as of March 1, tourists will NOT need to be...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Feb 20, 20223 min read
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Israel is Opening Up to Tourism (Again)
After closing the door to tourists in late November due to the threat of the new Omicron variant, Israel has finally decided to allow in...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jan 6, 20223 min read
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Did Israel Just Finally Open Up For Tourism?
Naftali Bennett, Israel's Prime Minister, just announced yesterday that Israel will be reopening for tourism on November 1. He published...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Oct 22, 20219 min read
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I Just Walked Across The Entire Country
I just walked across my entire country. Okay it's Israel, so it's not that big, but I can tell you that it was not easy.... The hike is...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 7, 20219 min read
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Sean Connery's Secret Mission to Israel
When Sean Connery passed away last week, a number of his off-screen exploits and comments - both the flattering and not so flattering -...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Nov 13, 20202 min read
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Peek Inside a $20 Million Mansion For Sale in Caesarea
As a tour guide of Israel, one of the places I almost end up visiting with my tourists is Caesarea. Caesarea was the Roman provincial...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Oct 28, 20202 min read
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The Cooperation Between Israel and the Gulf is Exploding
So much has been happening when it comes to the developing of civil ties and cooperative efforts between Israel and the Persian Gulf that...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Oct 27, 20202 min read
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Jerusalem's Tower of David Museum is Undergoing a $40 Million Renovation
Jerusalem's famed Tower of David Museum - which somehow has nothing at all to do with King David - is undergoing a huge renovation at...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Oct 27, 20202 min read
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Israel is Open Again and Letting in Tourists from 34 Countries
Israel has emerged now from a second lockdown, which was enacted over the Jewish holidays. While indoor spaces such as museums are...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Oct 21, 20203 min read
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Israel's Most Important Museum Ever is Under Construction
It's about time. This is something we have not seen until now here in Israel - the country with more museums per capita than any other...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Oct 21, 20202 min read
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Israelis are Trying to Set the Record for World's Largest Beach Clean-Up
I'm very excited today. Not only did we finally get the first rains of the season today, but now that we can go outside again (after a...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Oct 20, 20201 min read
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Jerusalem & Tel Aviv are Stealing from Each Other & it's Great!
Charles Dickens wrote "A Tale of Two Cities," more than half a century before Tel Aviv was even conceived. And yet, it so easily could...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Oct 19, 20203 min read
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Traveling Around Israel - On an Electric Toy Car (Movie)
As a tour guide of Israel, I can assure you that there are many different ways to experience this incredible country. To see just how...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Oct 15, 20201 min read
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Israeli Peace Deals with Lebanon, Jordan, UAE and Hamas?
With all the talk going on about Israel and Lebanon sitting down to figure out their maritime border this week - and the Israeli cabinet...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Oct 12, 20202 min read
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Colorized Footage of Jerusalem's Jaffa Gate in 1897!!
Well here is a blast from the past. A 1-minute video from 1897 at Jerusalem's Jaffa Gate was just colorized and digitized. My favorite...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Oct 9, 20201 min read
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Israel Covid Update: Airport Testing, Life-Saving Treatments & Masks!
There is a ton to catch you up on when it comes to all things Covid-19 related coming out of Israel. This includes life-saving new...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Oct 7, 20201 min read
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Join the Israeli Air Force for a Day and Fly an F-16
Years ago, I served for 6 days in the Israeli Air Force (IAF) as part of my military service. Last month - as a tour guide of Israel -...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Oct 6, 20202 min read
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