Most of the many advantages of living in Israel involve what life in Israel has to offer, but Israel’s location – at the doorstep of Europe – also offers easy access to long weekends in Europe. Over the fall Jewish holidays, Israelis have booked European vacations in droves, but there has been a slight shift from Western Europe to Eastern Europe, according to Israel Channel 12’s Mako news site, “in part due to a feeling of discomfort among Israeli travelers and reports of antisemitism,” against the backdrop of the war in Gaza.
There have been a number of high-profile incidents of hostility against Israeli tourists – and Diaspora Jews – around the continent, some of which have been covered extensively in the Israeli media. They include an incident at a store in the German town of Flensberg