Israel’s Tourism Ministry said it asked the United States to lift its travel advisory warning its citizens not to travel to Israel while the violence is going on. Tourism Minister Amnon Lipkin-Shahak made the request in a telephone call to U.S. Ambassador Martin Indyk, a ministry spokeswoman said.
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