Last June saw the Old City of Jerusalem brought to light in the first “Light of Jerusalem” festival. And this, June, the festival is back for a second offering between June 9-16.

Low-cost German airline, Air Berlin are upping their services to Tel Aviv this year with new direct flights from Cologne/Bonn, Dusseldorf, and Munich, as well as business class offerings on their current Berlin route.

Watersports are extremely popular in Israel. Israel has the highest number of qualified divers per person in the world, and has had Olympic and World champions in sports including windsurfing and kitesurfing. With so much coastline, you can do all sorts of watersports along the Mediterranean coast, including in Tel Aviv, at Eilat on the Red Sea, and in the Sea of Galilee.

Rock-supremo Elvis Costello is coming to Israel on June 30 to give a one-night only performance in the breathtaking location of the Caesarea amphitheatre overlooking the Mediterranean.

Low-cost airline Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA plans to inaugurate a weekly Stockholm-Tel Aviv route in March. Norwegian Air Shuttle is Scandinavia’s second largest airline, flying between Europe, the Middle East, and North America.