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 Omicron-initiated closures hurt not just Jews, they hurt Christians

No, they are not Jewish. They are not citizens. But they are deeply connected to Israel spiritually and nationally, and want to be here no less than many Jews.

 CHRISTIAN PILGRIMS seen inside Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, December 2020.

Travel ban leaves Diaspora Jews with broken hearts but unbroken bond - opinion

Today, our borders may be blocked temporarily, but our nerve endings remain intertwined, with our hearts still open to one another.

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

Letters to the Editor December 22, 2021: Nonstarter

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Israel's only duty is to her permanent residents - opinion

Israel has an overriding duty primarily, if not exclusively, to the citizens and other lawful residents who live within her borders from the Mediterranean to Judea and Samaria.

Healthcare workers take coronavirus test samples in Jerusalem last week.

US issues travel warning to Ukraine due to 'Russian threat'

While the travel warning is mostly due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the US reworded the warning to include a request for "increased caution due to crime and civil unrest."

 State flags of Ukraine, European Union and US flutter in central Kyiv, Ukraine December 6, 2021

How do Israel’s Omicron restrictions compare to those worldwide?

Head of Public Health Services Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis presented some of the restrictions that are in place in other countries to demonstrate how Israel measures up.

 People pose with syringe with needle in front of displayed words "OMICRON SARS-COV-2" in this illustration taken, December 11, 2021

Declaring countries ‘red’ doesn’t hurt Israel internationally - Lapid

“The countries of the world understand us, because they’re getting hit much worse than we are."

 Foreign Minister and Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid at his faction's meeting, December 13, 2021.

Omicron variant: More countries added to the red list

The travel ban still needs to be approved by the Knesset on Tuesday morning but is expected to come into effect on Tuesday at midnight.

 Travelers exit the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic testing area at Ben Gurion International Airport as Israel imposes new restrictions on November 28, 2021.

Has Israel gone overboard fighting COVID-19? - editorial

Even though most experts now say that the Omicron variant may be highly contagious but it is also far less severe than originally feared, the government seems to be escalating its war.

 Israelis leaving the country ahead of possible new restrictions due to the Omicron variant, on November 28, 2021.

Does Naftali Bennett have COVID rage? - opinion

Cooped up, prevented from going about daily, routine life seems to cause people to react to minor stress factors irrationally, sometimes violently.

The almost empty Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, on January 18, 2021.