Travel ban

81% of Israelis agree: This is the most important thing in a hotel room

A new survey reveals that 65% of Israelis stay at a hotel in Israel at least once a year, 73% book their vacation independently online or via an app, and price remains the primary consideration.

|ByZIV REINSTEIN
65% of Israelis stay at a hotel in Israel at least once a year, Eilat.
Chateau D'if, viewed from Marseille.

Sages, synagogues, and seaside: Discovering Jewish history along the French Riviera

When identifying ourselves, we did not hide the fact that we are Israeli, and reactions were polite. I consider visiting places of Jewish interest a way of supporting the local community.

|ByNAHUM SCHNITZER
Cabinet secretary Tzachi Braverman seen at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister office in Jerusalem on December 18, 2016.

Supreme Court rejects Braverman's appeal, keeps travel ban in place over ‘midnight meeting’ probe

Braverman asked the Supreme Court to lift the travel ban, arguing it harmed his UK ambassador appointment and Israel’s foreign relations after the Lod court overturned an earlier ruling.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Prime Minister's Office Chief of Staff Tzachi Braverman pictured attending a funeral in Modi'in, February 17, 2026; illustrative.

Braverman asks Supreme Court to lift travel ban, argues diplomatic post, foreign relations at stake

Tzachi Braverman has asked Israel's High Court to overturn a district court ruling reinstating restrictive conditions, including a travel ban, preventing him from assuming his London ambassador post.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Israel must open the skies to Diaspora Jewry - opinion

The government must ensure that the gates of our homeland remain open to Jews seeking to visit Israel or explore the possibility of making aliyah.

JANUARY 3, 2022ByYAAKOV HAGOEL
Travelers seen at the Ben Gurion International Airport, on December 22, 2021.

COVID-19: Israel reopens to jabbed tourists from non-red countries, US still out

The new rules are set to come into effect on Sunday, but the US, UK remain on the red list.

JANUARY 3, 2022ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
With more countries being declared ‘red,’ travelers converge on Ben-Gurion Airport on Sunday.

More aid for El Al Airlines amid COVID travel bans

Israel’s flag carrier will receive tens of millions of dollars from the state and El Al’s controlling shareholders.

JANUARY 3, 2022ByREUTERS
The first El Al flight from Israel to the United Arab Emirates

Diaspora Jews should at least be let into Israel - opinion

125 years later, Jews around the world are once again in distress, this time, because the state that Herzl helped create is closed off to them.

JANUARY 1, 2022ByMARTIN OLINER
PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett addresses a memorial ceremony marking 107 years since the death of Theodor Herzl, held on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem in June.

Israel is wrong to close its borders to Diaspora Jews - opinion

Israeli taxpayer money goes to Jews around the world because we understand that their fortitude, safety and Jewish identity are important not just for them, but also for us.

DECEMBER 30, 2021ByYAAKOV KATZ
How much longer will Israel remain closed to the Diaspora?

Diaspora Jews’ misplaced anger at Israel’s no-entry policy - opinion

Viruses don’t engage in discrimination. No, it’s politicians who do that.

DECEMBER 30, 2021ByRUTHIE BLUM
Travelers seen at the Ben Gurion International Airport, on December 22, 2021.

Simcha Rothman on COVID-19 closure: Let the Jews back in first

POLITICIAL AFFAIRS: The Religious Zionist Party’s Simcha Rothman aims to represent Anglos in the Knesset, but his approach is controversial.

DECEMBER 30, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
MK SIMCHA ROTHMAN: It’s not racism. Israel is the home of the Jewish people. You can’t leave people out of their home.

COVID-19 suspends the implicit Israel-Diaspora covenant - opinion

The complications of the COVID-19 pandemic have temporarily suspended this once iron-clad contract.

DECEMBER 30, 2021ByWILLIAM C. DAROFF
THE OLD CITY’S Jaffa Gate – silence and emptiness.

COVID-19 travel ban to red countries to be lifted for some dual citizens

Grandparents will also be able to get approval for travel to grandchildren’s lifecycle events, for the first time since start of the pandemic.

DECEMBER 29, 2021ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
AN EMPTY arrival hall at Ben-Gurion Airport does not bode well for ‘olim.’

COVID-19 cabinet approves removing most countries from no-fly list

Cabinet also affirms new outline for coronavirus in schools.

DECEMBER 29, 2021ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Travelers seen at the Ben Gurion International Airport, on December 22, 2021.