Welcome back Rafi Shalev as UK and Ireland director of the Israel Government Tourist Office. Rafi had to be airlifted to Israel last year after a nasty motorbike spill in the Lake District.
I trust we'll see no repeat of one of the office's more risque stunts; guests at a travel convention here last summer received a goodie bag containing condoms with the slogan, "Come to Israel and be satisfied".
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