﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><generator>News creator</generator><language>en</language><copyright>Immanuel Tours</copyright><description>Immanuel Tours News Feed</description><title>Immanuel Tours News Feed</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com//news.xml</link><item><title>The wonderous burning bush phenomena</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=133</link><description>The theory that the biblical Mount Sinai is in fact Mount Karkom in Israel’s Negev is not new. But the discovery of the “burning bush” phenomena that takes place during the month of December on the...</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Season's Greetings!</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=132</link><description /><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rare Christian relic uncovered! </title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=131</link><description>A rare Christian prayer box was uncovered at the City of David archeological site in Jerusalem this past week.The delicate miniature box measures 2.2 cm by 1.6 cm wide likely a personal prayer...</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>An Historical event in the town of Zonkwa, Kaduna, State of Nigeria</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=130</link><description>In a traditional ceremony that took place at the Agwam Bajju Palace in Zonkwa, Kaduna State, Nigeria on September 3rd 2011, our founder and C.E.O. Mr. Phillip Meyers, was conferred the distinguished...</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Immanuel Tours Egypt Tours - Status Update</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=128</link><description>Immanuel Tours routinely operates tours and extensions to Egypt for groups touring the Holy Land.  With the recent political developments in Egypt, we find it relevant to update you on the status of...</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Feast of the Epiphany on the Jordan River</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=127</link><description>Every year on 18 January, thousands of the faithful from the Greek and Russian Orthodox Christian Church - tourists and local pilgrims – visit Qasr el Yahud on the Jordan River for the colorful and...</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tel Aviv Port wins prestigious design award</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=126</link><description>The European Biennial of Landscape Architecture was held last week in Barcelona, Spain.  

And what a distinct pleasure it was for Israeli architects Ganit Mayslits Kassif and Udi Kassif to find...</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jerusalem ranked in top 10 destinations in the World</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=125</link><description>Tripadvisor readers voted for their favourite Culture and Sightseeing destinations, ranking Jerusalem 7th, above Venice, Istanbul and London.
Dear to the hearts of Christians, Jews and Muslims...</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cupid Cameo uncovered in excavation site in Jerusalem</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=124</link><description>A 2000 year old carving of a Cupid cameo was uncovered in the City of David excavation site in Jerusalem.
City of David is the oldest settled neighborhood of Jerusalem and a major archaeological...</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Until Your Visit</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=123</link><description>Whether you are longing to visit the holy land, already saving away or actively planning your pilgrimage, we at Immanuel Tours understand that such a trip is an important and meaningful experience. ...</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What is a pilgrimage?</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=122</link><description>For many, visiting the holy land is the realization of a lifelong dream.   Arriving in Israel, seeing the holy sites and setting foot on the beautiful landscape – for many it is more than just a...</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Remains of Philistine Temple uncovered in Tell es-Safi</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=120</link><description>The archaeology of the Holy Land spans thousands of years, and it remains exhilarating every time a new archeological find is announced.  Here, archeology is the point where the present meets the...</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Wonderful to have you!</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=119</link><description>"A good day to you from Lower Alabama!

I am excited to tell you that our Israel tour group had a dinner last might (Wed) at church during which we shared a slideshow of pictures from our trip with...</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Welcoming Kome To My Aid</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=117</link><description>Immanuel Tours welcomes the Pastor's group from Ghana organized by "Kome to my Aid International" : 4.-13. December, 2010. 
 
 

 
 </description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Christian media school opens in Jerusalem</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=118</link><description>Kings School of Media recently opened a new state-of-the-art facility in central Jerusalem near the Mahane Yehuda open market. The school is designed to help students from all over the globe to...</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reviving Tel Aviv's Valhalla </title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=116</link><description>For decades, the two-story Templer house at 57 Eilat Street stood empty and abandoned, dreaming of past glories. What was once the elegant Cafe Lorenz – a smart night-spot, dance hall, theater and...</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gold coin from the Reign of Napoleom III uncovered</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=115</link><description>
In an archaeological excavation, on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, which was conducted on Koifman Street in north Yafo, prior to infrastructure work by NTA - Metropolitan Mass Transit...</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jerusalem named top travel destination </title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=114</link><description>Jerusalem has been named one of the world's top 10 travel destinations for culture and sightseeing.
 
The TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice award for Jerusalem, the only city in the Middle East and...</description><pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The ABC's of Shavuot</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=113</link><description>It is ironic that Shavuot is such a little-known holiday. Because in fact, Shavuot commemorates the single most important event in Jewish history -- the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.
Shavuot...</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Future of the Past </title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=112</link><description>Let’s say you are a priest looking for a visual aid to show your believers the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, or the path he traveled along the Via Dolorosa. Or perhaps you are a teacher in your local...</description><pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Holy Land – 3000 years of History within your reach</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=111</link><description>The Holy Land – 3000 years of History within your reach
 
For over 3000 years the Holy Land has been the center of the world, a unique area that concentrates within it the essence of the world's...</description><pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Message from the Custos of the Holy Land </title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=110</link><description> </description><pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The John Paul II Games 2010</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=109</link><description>Hundreds of runners – Italian Catholics, Israelis and Palestinians – participated Sunday (25.4.10) in the annual Bethlehem-Jerusalem Peace Run, thereby opening the Pope John Paul II Games 2010, which...</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Growing interest in U.S.-Israel tourism</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=108</link><description>A deal announced Friday will mean more airline flights between the United States and Israel, with airlines able to pick routes and destinations based on demand for passenger and cargo services....</description><pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What is Lag Ba'Omer</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=105</link><description>Lag Ba'Omer is a minor Jewish holiday that falls between the holidays of Passover and Shavuot. "Lag" is a combination of two Hebrew letters: lamed and gimmel. According to Hebrew numerology, lamed...</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jaffa Gate re-inaugurated </title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=106</link><description>There isn’t a Jerusalemite who hasn’t seen this site: An enormous black cloth that in recent months has concealed one of the most important and famous gates in the Old City of Jerusalem. 
Now, after...</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mary Magdalene's synagogue?</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=104</link><description>One-of-a-kind relief depicting a menora discovered at Magdala site.
 
Magadala was a wealthy Jewish town on the western shores of the Sea of Galilee. Its Greek name, 'Tarichaea,' indicates that it...</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Record: 313,000 tourists visit Israel in March</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=103</link><description>Incoming tourism continues to grow – An all-time record in the number of incoming tourists was recorded during the month of March, with 313,000 tourist visiting Israel. The Tourism Ministry on...</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Amazing facts about Israel</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=101</link><description>Following Memorial Day on Monday, honoring Israel's war veterans and victims of Terror with nationwide ceremonies, Israel celebrated its 62nd Independence Day - Yom Ha'Atzmaut - on Tuesday. ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Flights resume as ash fear recedes</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=102</link><description>European airports have reopened for business, almost a week after a cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano paralysed the industry.
 
About 75% of European flights are due to operate on Wednesday,...</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Once-isolated St. Martyrius, today surrounded by Ma'ale Adumim, is set to be opened to the public.</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=100</link><description>Once-isolated St. Martyrius, today surrounded by Ma'ale Adumim, is set to be opened to the public. 
To quote a well-worn phrase, times change, people change. Nowhere is this more evident than at the...</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel's favorite tourist destination</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=99</link><description>According to Dun's 100 ranking published recently by the Dun &amp; Bradstreet (D&amp;B) company, Israelis' favorite touristy destination is the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo. 
 
Dun's 100, which provides credit...</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thousands of Christians head to site where John the Baptist believed to have baptized Jesus </title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=98</link><description>Thousands of Christian pilgrims took a dip at the Jordan River ahead of the Easter holiday under heavy security Wednesday at one of Christianity's holiest sites. 
Three different ceremonies,...</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>February sees incoming tourism record</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=97</link><description>February sees incoming tourism record
 
A record rate of incoming tourism was noted this February with 222,000 travelers visiting Israel. The Tourism Ministry said Tuesday that according to Central...</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>First Hanukkah Candle </title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=95</link><description>Hanukkah - the eight-day festival of light that begins on the eve of Kislev 25 celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, of purity over adulteration, of spirituality over materiality.
More than...</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Avdat National Park vandalized </title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=94</link><description>The Negev hills site of the southern ancient Nabataean city of Avdat, was found vandalized Monday. Hundreds of archeological artifacts were found smashed, walls smeared with brown paint, and oil...</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Times Square comes to Tel Aviv </title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=93</link><description>As part of a cooperative projects to mark Tel Aviv's 100th anniversary a major New York intersection, Manhattan's Times Square will replicated in Tel Aviv Port.
 
The project was initiated by Tel...</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Shana Tova' from Immanuel Tours</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=92</link><description>
 
 </description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Vote for the Dead Sea</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=90</link><description>The Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth and one of Israel’s most popular tourist sites, is one of the 28 finalists in the New 7 Wonders of Nature, an international online competition to grade the...</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>People Of The World Inscribe The Bible</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=91</link><description>"People of the World Inscribe the Bible" is an international project initiated by the Bible Valley Society together with the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs in which hundreds of thousands of...</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>An ancient quarry was discovered by Israeli archaeologists</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=89</link><description>An ancient quarry where believe King Herod extracted stones for the construction of the Jewish Temple 2,000 years ago was uncovered by archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority.

 
The...</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The 18th Maccabiah Games</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=88</link><description>The 18th Maccabiah Games, the largest sporting event in the history of the State of Israel, will take place 13-23 July 2009, with the participation of 5,300 Jewish athletes from 64 countries and...</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>TLV is coming to NY</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=87</link><description>On June 21, 2009 an artificial Tel Aviv beach will be set up in New York City's Central Park as part of the celebrations for Tel Aviv’s 100th anniversary.
 
New York's huge park will transform into...</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tel Aviv White Night Festival</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=86</link><description>Tomorrow one of the most favorite events is returning – The White Night of Tel Aviv. This year Tel Aviv's traditional festival will pay tribute to the heritage of Old Tel Aviv and the White City...</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Facebook Holy Land Trivia Game </title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=85</link><description>As the Pope Benedict XVI's is visiting Israel a new Facebook application allowing users to discover Israel by testing their knowledge has released this week. 
 
The application, called 'Holy Land...</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Yad Vashem on the web</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=84</link><description>Yad Vashem is a leader in Holocaust education, commemoration, research and documentation. The Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority has begun posting films at the video website YouTube, in...</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>4000 Year-Old Abraham's Gate reopened to visitors</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=83</link><description>The 4,000-year-old "Abraham's Gate" reopened to the public last month at the Tel Dan Nature Reserve in northern Israel after many years of restoration work by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority...</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>6 million NIS will be invested in Pope's visit to Nazareth </title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=82</link><description>In preparation for Pope Benedict XVI visit this May, Israel announced today that it plans to invest NIS 5.7 million in a religious ceremony.
The pope will conduct a large mass on Mount Precipice, a...</description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Best preforming airport in the Middle East</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=81</link><description>Airports Council International (ACI) announced last week the top performing airports in the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Survey. For the second year in a row Israel's national Ben Gurion Airport was...</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Changing Jerusalem's signs of streets</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=80</link><description>New signs of streets named after famous people are about to replace the existing signs in Israel's capital - Jerusalem.
Jerusalem municipality has decided to initiate a new project, one of a kind in...</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel's nominees make it to quarter finals </title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=78</link><description>Three of Israel's nominees for 'seven New World Wonders' competition make it to quarter finals. The Foundation announced this week the names of 261 natural and heritage sites across the world, among...</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Upgrading El Al</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=77</link><description>As part of EL AL, israel's national airline, ongoing fleet renewal program the first of four 747-400 El Al jumbo aircraft, named Tel Aviv-Jaffa, has acquired this week. The newly upgraded jumbo,...</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Church of Nativity goes online</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=76</link><description>For first time ever, the holy site in Bethlehem is going online via streaming video in time for the holidays.
 
Individuals unable to make the journey in person now have access to this unique site...</description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>First night of Hanukkah</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=75</link><description>Hanukkah is an eight day Jewish holiday also known as the Festival of Lights, beginning on the 25th day of Kislev, the third month of the Hebrew calendar.  Hanukkah commemorates the 
rededication of...</description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>First ski resort to open in Israel</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=74</link><description>Israel's first artificial indoor ski resort will be established by the end of 2009 on Mt. Gilboa, in northern Israel, the Gilboa Regional Council reported today.
 
This new project is a part of a...</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The biblical flood of Noah - new theory</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=73</link><description>According to a British marine archeologist, the origin of the biblical flood of Noah is a deluge that swept the Land of Israel more than 7,000 years ago, submerging six Neolithic villages opposite...</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel's nominees for the New7Wonders of Nature campaign </title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=70</link><description>New nominees for the official New 7 Wonders of Nature campaign for the year 2009 - Dead Sea, Red Sea Reef and Ein Gedi Oasis.  Last year, at the Declaration Ceremony in Lisbon the New7Wonders...</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:59:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Economic world crisis - not in Tel Aviv</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=69</link><description>An all time record high in tourist accommodation in Tel Aviv in 2008 was reported this week. The World Travel Market in London presented the number of tourists arriving in the city so far this year;...</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:05:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tourism minister seeks cooperation with Jordan and the Palestinian Authority</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=68</link><description>Ruhama Avraham Balila sends letter to female counterparts in Palestinian, Jordanian governments calling on them to exert feminine power over political differences in order to help better region's...</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:18:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Moscow to build Dead Sea hotel</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=67</link><description>The Lowest place on earth is getting a boost: The Moscow Municipality has recently purchased 10 acres of the Dead Sea's Ein Bokek area in order to construct a hotel for Moscow's residents worth an...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:51:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A streetcar named Israel </title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=65</link><description>"Israel" is the name of a special streetcar which will travel on Vienna's streets for three months and offer its passengers a unique taste of the Holy Land.  This colorful trolley, which was...</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jerusalem windmill gets to produce flour again</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=66</link><description>The windmill built by Jewish philanthropist Sir Moses Haim Montefiore in 1857 in Jerusalem’s Yemin Moshe neighborhood will produce flour once again.  Renovation of the windmill, one of modern...</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bless Israel Tour with Sandra Levitt</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=53</link><description>Have you ever wanted to do more than just visit Israel on a typical pilgrim tour?  Do you have a heartfelt desire to provide tangible blessings to Israel? If you answered, yes, then you share the...</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:01:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Central Park in Jerusalem</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=64</link><description>Jerusalem Development Authority Municipality launch new urban planning initiative to turn capital’s Independence Park into Central Park’s local version.No need to travel far:  A new initiative...</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tourism Ministry launches 24-hour Tourphone</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=63</link><description>The Tourism Ministry on Sunday announced the launch of Tourphone - a new information phone service for the benefit of tourists who visit Israel. 
 
The new service promises its users tourist and...</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:50:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>1 million tourists pass through Ben-Gurion airport in June 2008</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=62</link><description>The Israel Airports Authority reported new records on Sunday in passenger traffic to and from Israel, with more than one million international passengers. 

According to the authority, 1,027,115...</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:00:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bahai Gardens in Haifa named World Heritage Site </title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=61</link><description>The UNESCO World Heritage Committee determined on Tuesday that the Bahai shrines in Haifa and in Akko are official World Heritage Sites. The declaration, which was made in Quebec, Canada is expected...</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:45:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Great Isaiah Scroll  on view to the public</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=60</link><description>The Isaiah scroll and its message of peace, the most complete biblical Dead Sea scroll ever found, will be on view to the public for the first time in over forty years in the Shrine of the Book at...</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:49:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli Breakthrough in Solar Thermal Energy</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=59</link><description>An Israeli entrepreneur is harnessing the sun's energy in an industrial park in the northern Negev, where he plans to refine the technology and then replicate it in California's Mojave Desert.
...</description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:59:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Michelangelo hid secret code in Sistine Chapel, new book says</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=57</link><description>A new book claims that Michelangelo hid a secret code in the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel made up of mystical Jewish symbols and insults aimed at the pope, the British Telegraph reported Friday. 
...</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:48:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>60% hike in tourism since beginning of the year 2008</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=56</link><description>This past May, 297,000 tourists entered the country, breaking an all-time record. Among the leading nationalities visiting Israel are Americans and Russians.

The data published by the Central...</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:29:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jerusalem Day</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=55</link><description>On the 28th day of Iyar 1967 , June 7, during the 6-Day War, Israel Defence Force broke through to the "Old City" by way of the "Lions' Gate" and hoisted the Israeli flag over the "Western Wall" (the...</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:08:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Incoming Tourism Statistics</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=54</link><description>According to partial statistics released by the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, 226,700 tourism entries to Israel were recorded this past March, up 14 percent in comparison with the figure for ...</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 18:59:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Autistic savant draws Jerusalem</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=52</link><description>Autistic savant Stephen Wiltshire adds Jerusalem to the list of breathtaking sketches he draws from memory. Stephen Wiltshire needed just one hour of flying in Jerusalem's skies in order to sketch...</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 22:15:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US President Bush arrives in Israel today</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=50</link><description>United States President George W. Bush arrived in Israel today for his second visit in four months. This time, the American leader is in the country to mark Israel's 60th anniversary and take part in...</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 04:07:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>"The Song of Jerusalem" - Tower of David Museum </title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=47</link><description>Tower of David Museum of the History of Jerusalem is inaugurating a major nighttime spectacle this summer which will meet Jerusalem’s need for a world-class attraction that reveals the city’s special...</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 14:14:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israelis celebrate country's 60th anniversary today </title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=49</link><description>Israel's 60th anniversary commenced Wednesday evening with a formal torch-lighting ceremony on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.  The 12 torch-bearers were joined this year by 12 youths representing the...</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 13:34:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel conquers Fifth Avenue</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=46</link><description>New campaign promoting Salute to Israel Parade in honor of Israel's 60th anniversary will see New York City streets carrying banners with images of prominent Israelis in hope of conveying full...</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:51:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jerusalem to get Waldorf-Astoria hotel in 2010 </title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=45</link><description>The first Waldorf-Astoria Collection hotel will be introduced to Israel in 2010, with the Waldorf-Astoria-Palace Hotel expected to open in Jerusalem. The execution of the agreement signed between the...</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>George and Laura Bush will visit Masada </title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=43</link><description>U.S. President George W. Bush is likely to visit Masada during his visit to Israel next month for Israel's 60th anniversary celebrations, according to U.S. sources. 

Organizers of Bush's planned...</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:52:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli historian wins Pulitzer Prize</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=42</link><description>UCLA professor Saul Friedlander receives prestigious general nonfiction award for his book on history of Jews in Hitler's Germany.  He won the Pulitzer Prize on Monday this week for his book "The...</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:16:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>60 years of independence to Israel !</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=41</link><description>The Ministerial Committee marking 60 years of independence to Israel, headed by Minister Ruhama Avraham Balila, has approved the first list of events and projects that will be held and implemented in...</description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:57:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Vatican travel agency flying pilgrims to Israel</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=40</link><description>The Vatican's official travel agency, will begin operating six weekly charter flights to Israel starting Wednesday. The agency will also be offering additional flights to Israel from Naples, Sicily,...</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:08:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pope Loves Kosher Sweets</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=39</link><description>Pope Benedict XVI has a sweet tooth, and there is nothing like kosher cake to feed it. As it turns out, a renowned kosher bakery in Rome’s ancient Jewish ghetto is one of the pope’s favorite places...</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:03:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pilgrims from Sardinia to visit Israel </title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=38</link><description>Following meeting with Israeli ambassador to Vatican, Italian island's local archbishop plans to urge his believers to visit Holy Land in honor of Jewish state's 60th anniversary. 
 
ROME –...</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:11:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Open Skies</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=36</link><description>Israel Government Approves “Open Skies”  

Acting late in January on a proposal by Minister of Transport &amp; Road Safety Shaul Mofaz, the Israeli government approved the minister’s ”open skies”...</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:47:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ben Gurion Airport</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=37</link><description>Ben Gurion Airport ranks best in Mideast.
 
International quality survey finds Israel's national airport best in region; terminal ranks second in category of airports.
 
In the survey, Israel's...</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:58:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli film wins audience prize</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=30</link><description>Israeli film wins audience prize at Berlin Film Festival

Eran Riklis' 'Lemon Tree' wins Panorama section of 2008's Berlinale, beats 51 films in the running, sets new voting record. 'Getting an...</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:36:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Will Jerusalem make Monopoly's cut?</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=19</link><description>Israeli Foreign Ministry, New York Consulate launch online voting campaign to ensure Jerusalem will be featured in new, worldwide edition of board game. Consulate to pitch Tel Aviv for game's...</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Magnitude 5.3 earthquake hits Israel !</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=18</link><description>Earthquake felt from Nahariya in the north down to Beersheba at 12:36 pm. Epicenter near Tyre, Lebanon. 
 
At 12:36 on Friday afternoon an earthquake registering 5.3 on the Richter Scale was felt...</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:10:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Painting Jerusalem - Katamonim style</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=17</link><description>New exhibition in Jerusalem tries to capture essence of city's Katamonim neighborhood. 'Rehavia is pretty, but for us Katamonim is very different. People know each other, like it was before,' one...</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:44:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Australian Tennis Open</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=15</link><description>Australian Tennis Open: Ram, Erlich win men's doubles final match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia.

The Israeli duo defeated Michael Llodra and Arnaud Clement 7-5,...</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:15:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ISRALIE MOVIE For OSCAR</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=14</link><description>ISRALIE MOVIE For OSCAR

Great achievement for local cinema as film depicting last days of military occupation of Lebanon by Joseph Cedar lands nomination for Best Foreign Film at US Academy...</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:24:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title> 26th DEAD SEA HALF MARATHON – February 16, 2008  </title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=12</link><description> The Shalom Marathon – Dead Sea Half Marathon – February 16,2008.
 
The starting point for all races is the Ein Gedi Spa, some 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of Jerusalem and 4 kilometers south of...</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:14:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DID YOU KNOW?</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=10</link><description>DID YOU KNOW?

This is a short clip about Israel meant to be used for presentations as an opening clip. It was originally produced for the GA summit of 2004 but improved for the general public. It...</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:20:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MERRY CHRISTMAS</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=9</link><description>Finally, A MERRY CHRISTMAS in Bethlehem

For first time a  traditional grandeur, as tens of thousands of tourists, pilgrims fill town. Locals hope successful holiday marks beginning of turn for the...</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:26:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israelis and Russians will not need VISA</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=8</link><description>Israelis and Russians will soon stop needing visas to visit each other's countries, under a new agreement reached by representatives of both foreign ministries in Moscow last week. 

Government...</description><pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:00:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>65000 Pilgrims to arrive for Christmas</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=7</link><description>65,000 pilgrims to arrive in Israel for Christmas 

Known by millions around the world as ‘the Holy Land', Israel is an exceptional country. Some 65,000 Christian pilgrims are expected to arrive in...</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:06:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>News Flights to Israel</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=6</link><description>El Al Israel Airlines Ltd. said  it plans to buy four Boeing Co. planes and start a code-sharing program with American Airlines, as it seeks to build on growing Israeli tourism. 

The code-sharing...</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:40:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2 Hour Tel-Aviv City Tour</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=4</link><description>The Dan bus company along with the Tel Aviv Municipality is now offering City Tour -  a tour of Tel Aviv on a bright red roofless bus . 

This new GPS guided tourist bus will take you on a two hour...</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:59:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jerry In Israel</title><link>http://www.immanuel-tours.com/inner_news.aspx?newID=5</link><description>Comedian Jerry Seinfeld, greeted like visiting royalty on his first trip to Israel in 37 years, joked Sunday that things have changed since his teenage days working on a banana farm. When I was here...</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:36:25 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
