From January to May this year, almost 1.9 million tourists visited the Jewish state, as compared to 1.75 million in the same period last year—a jump of 8.3 percent.
A British watchdog banned an Israeli tourism advertisement for including the Old City of Jerusalem as part of Israel and allegedly misleading consumers.
The current war with Hamas began when the economy was already in a slowdown, with a strong shekel decreasing exports and growth for the second quarter of 2014.
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