Israel’s upcoming withdrawal from the Gaza Strip will boost tourism to the Jewish state, a Cabinet minister said. “When people talk about disengagement, they talk about a process that will bring calm to the area, not trauma,” Tourism Minister Avraham Herschson told the Jerusalem Post on Tuesday. “So I don’t think it will influence for the worse, but rather for the better.”
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