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Israel to build $7.7 million visitor center at Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives

A new 1,500-square-meter visitor education center is being built at Jerusalem's Mount of Olives to enhance security and educate visitors on its rich Jewish heritage, with completion expected by 2027.

|ByTPS
Construction workers seen at Jerusalem's Mount of Olives, November 17, 2025
French MP delegation visits an Iron Dome battery on their early January Israel visit led by ELNET.

ELNET brings delegation of new French MPs to Israel

The MPs met with Israeli officials and made visits to some of Israel’s top startups and the Iron Dome

|ByBOAZ EDIDIN
JNFuture supporters visit JNF-USA's tourist information center in Akko Israel on a recent mission

Israel to track tourism visit patterns via cellphone data to avoid congestion

A new initiative also aims to improve popular sites’ infrastructure

|ByDEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE
Former and current Jerusalem mayors open the Chain of Generations visitor center for Jerusalem Day

Jerusalem's current and former mayors open visitor center near Kotel

The Chain of Generations visitor center's opening coincides with the timing of Jerusalem Day, which celebrates the capture of east Jerusalem in 1967.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

GALLERY: Colorful umbrellas float above Jerusalem streets, seeking to draw tourists

Jerusalem Municipality seeks to draw crowds to capital in whimsical, cheery fashion.

JULY 1, 2015ByJPOST.COM STAFF
People walk under colourful umbrellas decorating a pedestrian mall in downtown Jerusalem June 30, 2015.

ADL chief: US concerns about Israeli tourist espionage are ‘hypocritical, almost irrational’

Foxman says barriers to joining visa waiver program linked to fears of dual loyalty.

APRIL 23, 2014BySAM SOKOL
Abe Foxman 370