Move will enable both locations, which account for 30% of country's tourism, to restart operations despite ongoing outbreak; visitors will need to have a negative coronavirus test

Josh and Alissa Ruxin moved to Africa with humanitarian giving and adventure on their minds. Even during the coronavirus crisis, they run a business that employs dozens of locals

Mamilla, Hotel Montefiore and the Brown Hotels are working hard to figure out a way to keep the doors open as overseas tourist trade grinds to a halt

Environment Ministry hails victory as judges appear to bury 1970s project with a demand for 'a more modest' version, that will not involve draining sea to create a bigger beach

With fewer rooms and smaller staff, several local hotels took the plunge and reopened, wearing masks and trying to social distance

Finance, tourism ministries announce aid for ravaged hotels, to allow them to function without vital income from foreign tourists

Virus dealt big blow to city, which depends on tourism for 45% of locals' income; a quarter of hotels reopen, with lower prices, but some fear fresh collapse after Shavuot festival

Government lifts Ramadan commerce restrictions in Arab-majority areas as virus numbers keep going down but keeps children's playgrounds and beaches shut

Tourism minister says only ground floor rooms can again host guests, cautions planned May 3 reopening could be delayed if infection rate worsens; Health Ministry said to object

Reeling from virus bereavements and unable to sit shiva in normal way, Jewish mourners worldwide are turning to Israeli hotels where patients stay together and pray together