With the continuing violence, convincing tourists to come to Israel has been a hard sell these past few months. Israeli officials say tourism is down about 60 percent. With that in mind, they've launched a new ad campaign, urging people to visit "the Israel you don't see on the nightly news." Uzi Gafni, who represents Israel's ministry for tourism in North America, talks with Linda Wertheimer.
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