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


Bennett: Diaspora is ‘close to my heart,’ but no travel exceptions

Diaspora Jews are frustrated with Israel’s ban on foreigners entering the country due to the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

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

By closing its borders, Israel is asking olim to choose

How can the country we love, contribute so much to, and sacrifice for, ask us to choose between our families and our country?

 AN EMPTY arrival hall at Ben-Gurion Airport does not bode well for ‘olim.’

Israel's skies could reopen by next week, says health minister

The experts said that “the continued existence of aviation restrictions is only relevant as long as there is no widespread infection from Omicron in the community.”

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

Church leaders in Jerusalem accuse Israel of anti-Christian bias

They are frustrated that Christian pilgrims did not receive an exemption to enter the locked-down country for Christmas, while Jewish groups have been allowed in.

 St. Andrew’s Scots Memorial Church is opposite the Old City walls of Jerusalem and above the Menachem Begin Heritage Center.

4% of severe cases in Omicron wave could be young children

1,118 individuals have been confirmed as carrying the Omicron variant * Health Ministry D-G delays approval of fourth shot * Pfizer and Merck COVID drugs en route to Israel

 People some with facemasks shop at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on December 24, 2021.

‘Israel’s contract with Diaspora suspended due to COVID-19’

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: Conference of Presidents leader: We are more than a passport number, but a critical component of what makes Israel tick.

 WILLIAM DAROFF, the CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.

Elusive ‘exception committee’ keeps Israel closed with no oversight - analysis

Even MKs are failing to get answers about who decides on the criteria for allowing people to travel in a time of emergency.

 Travellers wear protective face masks at Terminal 3, Ben Gurion International Airport, as Israel restricts air travel more, on August 05, 2021.

COVID-19: Shai asks PM for committee to let Diaspora Jews enter Israel

Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai also proposed creating a public diplomacy unit devoted to maintaining relations with Diaspora Jewry.

Former Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai.

Olim threaten to go to High Court over US travel ban

The Yad L'Olim organization sent a letter to the PM and A-G demanding to find a solution for thousands of olim who work and have close family in the US.

 Travelers at the Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on September 6, 2021.

COVID-19 begs the question: Isn’t Israel the homeland for all Jews?

Perhaps those who can afford it should purchase a ticket to Israel and visit as soon as the shutdown is lifted. 

 WE HAVE forgotten what longing for Israel feels like.