Travel ban

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.

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

Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Tzachi Braverman arrives to the courtroom at the Distrcit court in Tel Aviv, before the start of the testimony of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the trial against him, December 18, 2024.

Court bars Netanyahu's chief-of-staff's departure for UK envoy post, reinstates restrictions

Joseph S. Blatter attends a press conference at the Extraordinary FIFA Executive Committee Meeting at the FIFA headquarters on July 20, 2015.

Ex-FIFA chief Sepp Blatter backs boycott of US World Cup over Trump policies


Israel's frustrated, out of work tour guides try to find way forward

'We lost our living, but we are also losing a part of our identity.'

 TIME TO hang up the hiking boots?

Israel's confusing, changing COVID-19 rules keep olim, families apart

While many olim are now able to reunite with family and friends, we took a look back at how corona-era travel restrictions have impacted families.

 ‘IT IS hard to know that family members are not just a plane ride away like they used to be.’

Don't damage American Jewish ties to Israel during COVID-19 - opinion

With all that is facing Israel and American Jewry at this moment, it seems daunting to take on the issue of the pandemic’s impact on the relationship between them.

 The writer’s nephew, Noam Spevack (top), climbs with a counselor on the USY Pilgrimage this past summer.

Time to create pandemic travel exceptions rule - opinion

The mechanism utilized at the start of the pandemic to address outbreaks and most recently in this fifth Omicron wave must change.

Travelers arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport when Israel again permitted tourists to enter the country on November 1.

COVID-19: Israel cancels red countries, reopens its skies

Starting Friday, Israelis can travel anywhere without special permission * On Sunday, Israel will reopen to vaccinated foreigners

Travelers arriving at Ben-Gurion Airport last Sunday, the day before the government’s latest travel ban went into effect.

Australia cancels Djokovic's visa, denies him entry

Djokovic, seeking a record-breaking 21st Grand Slam win at the Australian Open, was seemingly granted a medical exemption from vaccine requirements – though he was subsequently denied entry.

Tennis - Official Presentation of ATP Team Competition - The O2, London, Britain - November 15, 2018 Novak Djokovic during a press conference

Don't exaggerate Diaspora Jewry's 'distress' amid COVID-19 travel ban - opinion

It's unfortunate that Diaspora Jews can't come to family events in Israel due to COVID-19, but it is hardly the same as the distress Jews experienced in the 1890s in Russia.

 President Isaac Herzog, then serving as Jewish Agency chairman, speaks during a rally in Jerusalem in 2020 held in solidarity with Jews in the US and around the world following a wave of antisemitic attacks.

COVID-19 travel: Likely no more red countries by next week – health official

Exceptions to travel to nations under travel ban set to allow family members to participate in life-cycle events.

  Travelers seen at the Ben Gurion International Airport, on December 22, 2021.

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.

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.

With more countries being declared ‘red,’ travelers converge on Ben-Gurion Airport on Sunday.