Spring

Spring is here: The perfect time for fun hikes around the Sea of Galile

Spring has arrived, the weather is warming up but still pleasant, making it the perfect time to explore the Sea of Galilee area. Here are a few fun trails around Israel's national lake to enjoy.

 Vacationers at the Sea of Galilee
 EasyJet airplane

Returning to Israel and allowing advance planning: EasyJet opens bookings for Spring 2026

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Why has Israel's winter been more like spring?

The Meteorology Service says that this winter has been Israel’s driest winter in 60 years, and the temperatures have stayed mild throughout. 

Winter in Israel.

The Western Galilee Spring Festival is here!

Over those two days, visitors are invited to participate in more than 40 events, including a variety of workshops, tours, performances and intriguing collaborations between artists and entrepreneurs.

 Matat

Spring vacation trips in Israel's Golan Heights

Below are a few suggestions on how to spend a 24-hour visit to the Golan, including an overnight stay at Kibbutz Or Tal. 

 Kibbutz Or Tal

Passover: Should the 'spring holiday' return to agricultural roots?

Judaism always had this superpower to change and evolve, and it is this superpower that has allowed it to remain relevant throughout the generations

 THE ANTECEDENTS for all our holidays are agricultural: Gathering strawberries near Netanya.

Israelis take to shores as heatwave strikes during Passover

As always, it is important to remember to stay hydrated as temperatures heat up, but it could also be the perfect time to take a trip to the beach.

 Israelis are seen visiting the beach in Tel Aviv amid a heatwave on the Passover holiday, on April 18, 2022.

Pink Moon: What are the origins, significance of April's full moon?

It's a unique sight that goes by many names throughout cultures and is often used to coincide with the season of spring and the spring holidays of Easter, Ramadan and Passover.

 Is this the Pink Moon of April? (Illustrative).

Song of spring: Israel's most beautiful season

Israel boasts a wide variety of different ecological systems: deserts and marshes, high mountains, dense forests, open fields with wildflowers to suit each habitat.

 A man and his doc frolic in an anemone (kalaniyot) field near Kibbutz Beeri in southern Israel.

Russian troops in Ukraine suffer frostbite in historic irony - intelligence

Russia has traditionally touted "General Winter" as one of its strongest allies, with the bitter cold having helped protect the country from invasions from Napoleon Bonaparte and the Nazis alike.

Russian soldiers march in Almaty, Kazakhstan, January 13, 2022

Israel's Gilboa March returns for spring 2022

Inaugurated in 1966 and now a well-known international event, the march has not taken place the past two years due to COVID-19 restrictions.

 Flowers in the Gilboa

Kurdistan region celebrates spring holiday Newroz

Some 150,000 people came to the town of Akre in the Kurdish region of Iraq to celebrate the spring holiday with fireworks, bonfires and traditional clothes and music.

People in Akre in the Kurdistan region turn out for Newroz in March. Some Kurds trace their background to Jewish ancestors.