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View of the Sea of Galilee. (Dov Greenblat/Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel)
May 4, 2026, 2:24 pm
Sea of Galilee trail plan that keeps parts of shore off-limits to public sparks outcry
Green groups fight to stop national planners from okaying fences, locked gates and bypass routes along parts of 32-km stretch of Sea of Galilee hiking route
By Sue Surkes
Participants on a Green Horizons hike in Israel, in an undated photo. (Courtesy of Green Horizons)
October 4, 2025, 11:49 am
With Israeli youth at a crossroads after Oct. 7, some turn to hiking to help find their path
As Israel reels from unprecedented trauma, young people are finding strength and meaning on the country’s trails where recent horrors are put in perspective within the history of the Land
By Tania Shalom Michaelian
Rabbi Shlomo Aviner teaches at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, on January 3, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 11, 2025, 9:25 pm
IDF officers allow rabbi and aide to meet soldiers in Syria without proper approval
Military counters report suggesting civilian hikers allowed into Syria, but says Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, 82, was permitted to meet with soldiers earlier this month, ahead of Passover
By Emanuel Fabian
Smoke rises from a fire which broke out from missiles fired from Lebanon at a forest outside the northern Israeli city of Tzfat, September 24, 2024. (David Cohen/ Flash90)
October 16, 2024, 7:14 am
Head out to nature, or stay near a bomb shelter? The Israeli Sukkot dilemma
As the Jewish state’s ultimate hiking holiday approaches, millions debate whether to get fresh air and risk being caught by enemy rockets – as this writer did
By Aviv Lavie
An illustration of a proposed hike-and-bike along abandoned train tracks between Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh. (Mateh Yehuda Regional Council / Israel Lands Authority)
May 25, 2023, 7:12 am
Plans for hike-and-bike path along old railway near Jerusalem get initial okay
Mateh Yehuda Regional Council allocates NIS 5 million to begin planning for new tourist attraction on scenic Ottoman-era rail route between capital and Beit Shemesh
By Danielle Nagler
Members of the Israel Police Volunteer Rescue Unit work to rescue a 60-year-old man who fell while hiking near Nahal Sa'ar on May 5, 2023. (Israel Police Volunteer Rescue Unit)
May 5, 2023, 9:52 pm
60-year-old killed in fall while hiking in Golan Heights
Complex rescue operation takes five hours and includes deployment of rope system; victim pronounced dead on scene
By ToI Staff
Walking the Cedar Trail in the Jerusalem Forest. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
April 12, 2023, 9:35 am
Enjoy Jerusalem’s Cedar Trail, now serene and picturesque site of historical battles
Located in the heart of the Jerusalem forest, the scenic area is replete with trenches and ancient dovecotes marking its history from the times of King David to David Ben-Gurion
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Sagi Ayalot speaking with Channel 12 on October 25, 2022. (Screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 26, 2022, 12:52 pm
Israeli hiker recounts spending 16 hours injured, alone on freezing Georgia mountain
Sagi Ayalot never lost hope his friends would manage to call for help after 30-meter fall down snowy cliff in country’s north; chopper finally spotted him on following morning
By Ash Obel
In this undated photo, Dr. Einat Ambar-Armon, from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), talks about the site at Usha. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
August 27, 2022, 8:05 am
Explore the nearly 2,000-year-old Jewish metropolis of Usha in the western Galilee
Remains of the city founded by rabbis fleeing Roman persecution in Judea were recently uncovered, revealing roads, stunning mosaic floors, ritual baths and oil and wine presses
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Old structures from the original kibbutz in this photo taken along the historic Neve Ilan Forest walk. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
January 15, 2022, 9:18 am
Ancient and not-so-ancient history meet in the blossoming Neve Ilan Forest
Take a walk in the lush hills just outside Jerusalem, where structures of a kibbutz from pre-state Israel and an ancient Hasmonean fortress sit together among the wildflowers
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
A man and woman walking the Israel Trail. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 19, 2021, 9:00 pm
Shabbat meals now offered to hikers on Israel National Trail
Tzohar organization that aims to bridge gaps between religious and secular will offer weekend programming for hikers
By Jessica Steinberg
Peretz Giladi, who died while rescuing a family of hikers in Nahal Amud, onSeptemebt 22, 2021. (Courtesy of family via Nature and Parks Authority)
September 22, 2021, 1:27 pm
Park volunteer dies in fall while rescuing family of hikers who ran out of water
Peretz Giladi, 72, trips when helping family in Amud Stream Nature Reserve; Giladi had obtained ministerial permission to continue volunteering for rescue unit despite his age
By ToI Staff
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Susannah Schild with husband Avi and their six children on a hike in Israel's Negev Desert. (Courtesy)
July 15, 2021, 2:52 pm
New Orleans native draws on biblical inspiration to connect over 500,000 travelers to Israel’s trails
Mom of 6 Susannah Schild’s English-language online resource Hiking the Holyland provides instructions, maps, photos and a positive place for like-minded people to connect
By ToI Staff
Ezra Rabinowitz, Tzippi Moss and her husband Allan Rabinowitz on the Israel Trail in 2009, the subject of her recently published book, 'Angels and Tahina' (Courtesy Tzippi Moss)
April 24, 2021, 7:43 am
Two new books expound on aliyah experience for olim, by olim
‘Angels & Tahina’ and ‘Aliya: Home. Hope. Reality’ bring two Jerusalem families’ experiences into sharp relief
By Jessica Steinberg
A volunteer repainting trail markers in the KKL-JNF's US Independence Park (Shmuel Bar-Am)
February 27, 2021, 9:45 am
Stroll among the humble cyclamen on a not-so-humble jaunt in the Judean Hills
From brilliantly blooming buds to scenic views and unusual and entertaining recreation areas, KKL-JNF’s US Independence Park between Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh is not to be missed
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
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