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The city of Jerusalem has been going through a massive development over the years, a development that has only increased since the year of 1967 and the unification of the city under the Israeli rule.

Modern Jerusalem is not just an old city for tourists and site-seeing – It's the largest city in Israel and it maintains the major governmental buildings and monuments as well.

For most tourists, Jerusalem is expected to be to an old city full of 2000-years-old buildings and monuments, decorated with synagogues, mosques and churches.

Well, the truth is that Jerusalem probably used to look this way, but it has changed around 200 years ago.

There is a large variety of tourists and visitors that come to Israel, and of course Israel itself has a variety of cultures, history, religion and every nature.

Why is this important? Well, as a tourist who will be in a need for gifts to bring to your friends, you'll find this as a great advantage at your favor.

Gift items are basically another name for these souvenirs that any tourist is expected to bring as a present to all of his friends and relatives.

You can't skip anyone, as they will be insulted, and you can't also bring the same gift to all of them – as it will seem as if you didn't really care when you chose it.

Are you planning a trip to Israel and afraid of not finding enough gift ideas for your friends a relatives?

Well, this might happen to any tourist, but let me calm you down – Israel has much more gift opportunities than any other country in the world.

Touring and travelling to Israel is more than just taking a quick trip to Canada (for U.S residents) or to Spain (if you're a European).

First, it's the distance, both physical and mainly political – Israel is located in the heart of the Middle East, in a different climate and way of life.

Second, Israel is a unique country, offering modern lifestyle and landscapes, side-by-side with some biblical/historical experience. Israel is the land where both Judaism and Christianity were born, and it also has an important place in Islam.

There is no need to explain why coming back home with a gift from a trip is important, but yet it's important to admit that if you've visited the holy land and didn't bring any gift, it's totally a shame.

The reason is simple – there is such a variety of gift ideas, that you simply can't have an excuse for not bring back any.

In this post I will not give you specific ideas for a gift, but instead I'll give ideas of places where you could find inspiration and choose a good one.

Souvenirs area almost a must to have present that any tourist is expected to bring back home after a trip.

Israel is considered by many as a unique country, where old and modern mix together and while anything seems so small, there is still a large variety of everything.

As a tourist, plenty of issues seem to be so difficult and unknown. What seems simple to locals can be hard as hell for the first time visitor.

We should all admit that about half of any tourist's trip is surrounded with finding the best and "perfect" souvenirs to share when you arrive home.