Israel tourism and your safety

Unfortunately, most of the time, Israel's name is heard on the international news not for Israel Tours but whenever there is some war going on. This fact helps in creating an image of a country where you have to look for cover when you walk the streets, look above for a missile and pray that tomorrow comes...

The reality is very far from that; and I will give a few surprising examples without getting into the reasons or any other political issue (taken from the CIA world factbook):

1. Israel "Death rate" is 177th in a list of 222 states where no western state has a better ranking
2. Life expectancy at birth - Israel is in the 12th place in the world
3. Israel area is only 21,642 sq km, ranking 152 in the world, or putting it better, as the CIA world factbook did: "slightly smaller than New Jersey"
4. Net migration rate - 2.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population - 36th in the world, ahead of France, Italy or United Kingdom.

These are a few samples but I can see why the image is very different, migration rate is not news and so are people who don't die...
I suggest you do one thing, ask people who visited Israel what they think about the country, about the history feelings you get when you walk the old streets of Jerusalem, the Sunset in the beach of the very liberal Tel Aviv, the Red Sea corals in Eilat or the green forests of the Galilee.

If you don't know anyone who can tell you about Israel and the feeling of safety you have here, try these unbiased (most probably) links:

from travelpod
from tripadvisor 
(both sites are categorized by location / "things to do" and more)

After you finish reading, here is where you can book your next Israeli tour.