Galilee

'After years of neglect': Nazareth tries to bring back tourists with its Jewish neighbors

Amid tourism crisis and war tensions, The Abraham Initiatives launched a plan with 20 authorities in Lower Galilee and Valleys. Nazareth pledges tourism as a top priority by 2027.

View of Nazareth.
OMER CASPI (center right) and Tomer Zaltzman (center left) led the men's winners at Winner Epic Israel 2026, as Israel’s premier mountain bike race returned to the Western Galilee after a three-year absence, celebrating sporting excellence and the region’s recovery.

Tomer Caspi, Tomer Zaltzman crowned Winner Epic Israel bike race champs in Western Galilee

Marbled stingray off the coast of Israel.

A hidden underwater world: Rare rays spotted off the Galilee coast

Hospitality in Ka’abiyye.

Coffee, culture, and conversation: Exploring Bedouin life in the Galilee


US Embassy delegation visits Upper Galilee to support economic recovery, investment

A key priority discussed was strengthening medical and emergency services in the North, including plans to develop a world-class medical center in Kiryat Shmona to support future growth.

The Western Galilee.

Golani soldiers complain of long walks, missed meals at Filon base due to harsh conditions

Soldiers from the Golani Brigade’s 51st Battalion said they have a steep walk between their sleeping quarters and dining hall, often in temperatures around 40°C.

Golani Brigade troops conduct targeted activity in southern Lebanon. Image released April 6, 2026.

Two Israeli children eat chocolate spiked with hallucinogenic mushrooms, rushed to hospital

The children, aged five-and-a-half and six-and-a-half, have been placed under close observation in the hospital's pediatric intensive care unit (ICU).

The Galilee Medical center in the Northern Israeli city of Nahariya. April 13, 2026.

Rebuilding Northern Israel is not enough. We must make it a place people choose to live

Amid all the attention focused on rebuilding Israel's North, another important change is quietly taking place.

Sigal Moran is CEO of Homeward/Habaita

Gratitude in a box: How we’re delivering hope to Israel’s heroes this Rosh Hashanah

One package alone can support a family-owned business, strengthen an entire community, and remind people thousands of miles apart that they are connected

Items in the new Rosh Hashanah Support package, available on the Mitzvah Marketplace

North awakens: 7,000 attend opening of Summer Festival in the Galilee

Osher Cohen and Noam Kleinstein opened the northern festival as Itay Levi performed in Merom Hagalil. Dozens of events will take place over 3 weeks.

Yalla Galil Festival.

Jewish Agency CEO: While Israel is at war, making aliyah is the greatest act of courage - opinion

As the chairman of the Jewish Agency accompanies 34 French families on board a plane carrying them home to Israel, he reflects on just how brave this move at this time in Jewish history really is

Immigrants from France are welcomed to Israel at Ben-Gurion Airport in August.

Three teenage boys rescued by United Hatzalah in Sea of Galilee after drifting to deep waters

Three boys suffering from mild dehydration were rescued overnight after their rubber boat drifted into the Sea of Galilee near Tiberias, leaving them unable to return to shore.

United Hatzalah ambulance boat in the Sea of Galilee.

Katz vows 'revolution in settlement' to strengthen Galilee security, Jewish presence in North

The conference convened with the aim of establishing a 10-year plan for encouraging Jewish settlement in the Galilee focused on demographics, land, quality of life, and law enforcement. 

Defense Minister Israel Katz attends an emergency conference for the Forum for Judaizing the Galilee on August 2, 2026.

Wine Talk: Tuscan dreamland

At Cantina Giuliano, wine is more than a business. It is a meeting point of Judaism, family, agriculture, food, and the beauty of Tuscany.

ELI GAUTHIER is the owner, winemaker and spirit behind Cantina Giuliano. Wines are handcrafted at this kosher dreamland in Tuscany.