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;[[Jerusalem]]:
* The capital and largest city of [[Israel]], it also attracts the most foreign tourists. The holiest city in [[Judaism]], the ancient capital of the [[United Monarchy]] and then of the [[Kingdom of Judah]]. The site of the [[Temple in Jerusalem|Temples in Jerusalem]]. See [[Western Wall]]. [[East Jerusalem]] is recognized as [[Palestinian territory]] held by Israel in a state of [[Israeli-occupied territories|military occupation]].<ref name=roberts_occupied>{{Citation|last=Roberts|first=Adam|author-link=Adam Roberts (scholar)|title=Prolonged Military Occupation: The Israeli-Occupied Territories Since 1967|journal=The American Journal of International Law|volume=84|issue=1|year=1990|pages= 44–103|publisher=American Society of International Law|ref=CITEREFRoberts1990|doi=10.2307/2203016|url=http://jstor.org/stable/2203016|page=60|quote=Although East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights have been brought directly under Israeli law, by acts that amount to annexation, both of these areas continue to be viewed by the international community as occupied, and their status as regards the applicability of international rules is in most respects identical to that of the West Bank and Gaza.}}</ref>
* The four quarters of the [[Old City of Jerusalem|Old City]]: [[Muslim Quarter]], [[Christian Quarter]], [[Armenian Quarter]], [[Jewish Quarter]].
* The site of some of Jesus's teaching and [[entombment]]; Christians believe he was [[crucified]] on a nearby hill, [[Golgotha]].
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* Israel's [[List of largest cities and second largest cities by country|second-largest]] city, and a [[Multicultural|cosmopolitan]], [[cultural]] and [[Finance|financial]] [[global city]]. The city's [[metropolitan area|greater area]] is the largest with 3 million inhabitants. Tel Aviv exhibits a Unesco world heritage area of Bauhaus architecture. Nearby historical city of [[Jaffa]] is experiencing a touristic boom.
;[[Golan Heights]] (recognized as [[Syria|Syrian territory]] held by Israel in a state of military occupation)<ref name=roberts_occupied />
* [[Hermon]] mountain. [[Ski]]ing and [[snowboard]]ing during the winter (see: [[Mount Hermon ski resort]]).
* Archaeology in [[Katzrin]], [[Gamla]], [[Nimrod Fortress]], [[Gilgal Refaim]]
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