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.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
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

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
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

Judge Michael Karshen accepted the police appeal against a lower court decision that had largely lifted the conditions imposed on Braverman, who is under investigation.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
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

Sepp Blatter backed calls to boycott the US hosted World Cup, as international soccer figures raised concerns over travel bans and immigration policies under the Trump administration.

|BySHOSHANA BAKER

Israel has always rescued Jews - it's time to do it for South Africa

I wonder if Israel can seize this opportunity to regain our respect and admiration once again, to fly to South Africa and to airlift our brothers and sisters home.

JULY 28, 2021ByJENNA LEWINSKY
A self-armed local looks for looters inside a supermarket following protests that widened into looting, in Durban, South Africa on July 13.

COVID complicates overseas travel; Visit Ashdod instead!

JULY 15, 2021ByMEITAL SHARABI
Ashdod Yam Fortress

Biden bans most travel to US from India to limit COVID-19 spread

The proclamation said India "accounts for over one-third of new global cases" and added that "proactive measures are required to protect the nation's public health from travelers entering from India"

MAY 1, 2021ByREUTERS
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden gestures to a reporter outside the White House this week.

How did Israel go from Start-up Nation to Stranded Nation? - analysis

Thousands of Israelis are sleeping on airport floors and benches, posting pictures to Facebook and Instagram that are reminiscent of Steven Spielberg’s “The Terminal.”

FEBRUARY 28, 2021ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
THE EMPTY arrival hall at Ben-Gurion Airport on March 11.

Coronavirus travel in Israel - new policies

The following are the new policies added to the already existing ones surrounding travel and Ben-Gurion Airport procedures

DECEMBER 14, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ben-Gurion Airport is empty amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The Travel Advisor: Pandemic fatigue is setting in

People are getting antsy about staying at home, tired of stay-cations and eager to get out of the country.

NOVEMBER 21, 2020ByMARK FELDMAN
ISRAIR FLIGHT attendants wear full protective gear as they help a passenger disembark in Belgrade earlier this month.

‘Check2fly’ testing center at Ben-Gurion Airport to be inaugurated Monday

Standard tests with results delivered within 14 hours will cost about NIS 45. Rapid results will be available for around NIS 135.

NOVEMBER 8, 2020ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
A health worker, wearing a protective suit and a face mask, administers a nasal swab to a patient in a temporary testing site for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Zenith Arena in Lille, France, October 26, 2020

Travel Advisor: It’s a mad, mad world

How the coronavirus travel ban is affecting the Israeli psyche.

OCTOBER 18, 2020ByMARK FELDMAN
Travelers at Ben-Gurion Airport in March - to bring tourists back to Israel is not an act of lunacy.

Second COVID-19 wave forces new travel curbs around the globe

Surges were reported in several countries that previously appeared to have the virus under control.

JULY 28, 2020ByREUTERS
A man wearing a mask walks in the departures terminal after Israel said it will require anyone arriving from overseas to self-quarantine for 14 days as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus, at Ben Gurion International airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel March 10, 2020.

With flights cancelled, man sails the Atlantic to see 90-year-old father

After Argentina canceled all international passenger flights, a 47-year-old man sailed across the Atlantic Ocean for 85 days to reach his 90-year-old father.

JUNE 29, 2020ByZEV STUB
The sun sets behind a yacht crossing through the Straits of Gibraltar, off the British overseas territory of Gibraltar December 6, 2018.