In our ongoing effort to keep our travelers updated regarding safety concerns please be

advised there is no reason for any concerns traveling to Israel beyond the normal risk of

living life on a daily basis in a dangerous world. The ongoing internal issues in Egypt, Libya,

Yemen and other Muslim nations have no effect on Israel, at least in the near term. Some in

the media have speculated these revolts will impact Israel and while they may in the coming

years they are not in the near future. We are all aware of the hatred of the Muslim world

toward the existence of the Jews and the nation of Israel and we know they want to destroy

every last Jew alive. That said, this has been their desire since Isaac and Ishmael and will

continue until Jesus comes.

 

We are continuing to see rockets being fired from Gaza into Southern Israel, as has been the

case since 2005, and the Israeli military continues to retaliate. Nothing new with this except

they have fired a few more than normal in the last few days and we expect this to continue

since much of the world is preoccupied with the tragedy in Japan, the President on Spring

Break in Central and South America and the revolts previously mentioned. The minute the

world's focus shifts away from the Israeli/Palestinian problem, the Muslims do all they can to

regain the world's focus. Believe me, Israel understands this and they are always ready to

deal with them.

 

Israel is packed with groups as this is written and will remain so. It is no more dangerous to

visit today than it was last year or it will be next year!

 

Remember, the greatest threat to your life according to the FBI is within 25 miles of where

you live! In addition, more people drown in their bathtubs each year than die in all acts of

terrorism worldwide.

 

In the event, based on our daily communications with staff in Israel, we feel it is unsafe or

unwise to send our groups we we will cease to operate as we did following 911. Until then,

we have not been given a spirit of fear....

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