We don't have direct Land routes and transport (trains, cars, trucks, motorcycles) - from Israel, Out.
Maritime transport by ship - through our ports Haifa in the north, Ashdod in the center, Eilat in the south - is chiefly for cargo (freight). Naturally, it's slow and awkward.
So, we are left mainly with Air Transport from our central Ben Gurion Airport, to go abroad, reach the world. Lately, I saw a piece of information in the Media that both surprised me and frightened me.
Surprised, because its mere publication might badly affect our tourism; frightened because it says something like: 'it's too crowded up there'. It is not referring only to the increase in number and size of planes and flights, but also to the fact that Iran (not a friend) is trying to reduce our air space activity.
Iran does so, through Hezbollah ( a terror organization, located in Lebanon , on our northern border). It is suspected that Iran provides Hezbollah with all kinds of air systems capable of creating air chaos for us. Even if there's some exaggeration in this kind of news, still it gives one food to thought.
It's interesting to note that almost every major religion (christian, catholic, jewish etc..) has a travelsafe travel prayer. Most of the prayer texts I've seen on the Web are beautiful and touching!
I've got one too (in hebrew), and I keep a copy of it in the suitcase, bag, purse.
May God protect us!