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Interior Minister Moshe Arbel: "The passport marathon operation continues in full force."

The NGOs called on the Interior Ministry to retract the cancellation of visa services, or reduce the plan to two days a week.

Eli Cohen: "After we finish all the necessary legislative procedures, I estimate that Israeli citizens will be able to visit the US without the need for a visa by the end of the year."

Visa applicants must meet a number of basic requirements including a clean criminal record, having medical insurance and having a way to support themselves. 

Netanyahu had claimed Israel that would join the US Visa Waiver Program in September.

The proposition was approved unanimously by the  Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee (FADC) chaired by MK Yuli Edelstein (Likud).

An Israeli delegation from Kafr Kama was invited to participate in a UN tourism event in Saudi Arabia, but Saudi authorities refused to give them visas

Smotrich said that Huwara needs to be wiped off the map following settler riots in the town that left one man dead.

Although the proposed legal reform is clearly a domestic issue, Blinken showed that he, as a friend, is concerned about the country’s planned judicial overhaul and widespread protests.

Israel at present bans most Palestinian travel through Ben-Gurion for security reasons, even in cases where the Palestinians hold US passports.