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No Minister, no passport: Bureaucracy risks Israel’s 2026 Winter Olympic dreams

“If these athletes cannot represent Israel, the delegation will almost not exist. That would be a major failure and a crying shame for generations,” said an Israeli Olympic Committee official.

FIGURE SKATER Mariia Seniuk, selected as Israel’s flag bearer, faces uncertainty over her participation in the 2026 Winter Olympics next month in Italy due to a passport issue, a bureaucratic fiasco affecting much of the blue-and-white delegation.
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US falls to 12th in henley passport index as singapore leads, south korea second, japan third

Menara International Airport, Marrakech.

Moroccan border guards mocked tourist who left passport on plane

US President Donald Trump, next to Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaks during an event to announce that the Space Force Command will move from Colorado to Alabama, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 2, 2025

US appeals court rejects Trump bid to restore passport policy targeting transgender people


US to allow citizens abroad to travel on expired passports

The expired passport rule will only apply to people traveling to the US from abroad, and can only be used once.

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Israelis abroad angered by new 'forced' passports for their children

Many Israelis have been waiting for a year or longer due to the pandemic to visit family in Israel, and were hoping to bring their children this summer.

Air travelers walk, after further cases of coronavirus were confirmed in New York, in Terminal 1 at JFK International Airport in New York

Coronavirus: Green pass extended through 2021, no need for third shot beforehand

Green passports in Israel are granted to all those who are fully vaccinated or recovered from the virus.

A woman shows her green passport at the Khan theater in Jerusalem on February 23, 2021.

US Embassy in Israel has 15,000 passport backlog due to COVID rules

Even in a normal year, the embassy in Israel is one of the busiest places in the world for US passports and reports of birth. Then, the coronavirus pandemic came along.

US Embassy Jerusalem

Israel should give east Jerusalem Palestinians Israeli passports - opinion

Why can’t the 350,000 Palestinians of east Jerusalem hold both an Israeli and a Palestinian passport?

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Nearly 5,000 Hong Kong citizens sign up for new UK visa - The Times

London made changes to its visa rules to give millions of Hong Kong residents a chance to settle in Britain after China imposed a new security law.

Leaving Hong Kong: A family makes a wrenching decision

UK opens special visa route for Hong Kong residents to become citizens

Britain and China have been arguing for months about what London and Washington say is an attempt to silence dissent in Hong Kong after pro-democracy protests in 2019 and 2020.

Leaving Hong Kong: A family makes a wrenching decision

UK offers Hong Kong residents a route to citizenship, angering China

"Britain is trying to turn large numbers of Hong Kong people into second-class British citizens. This has completely changed the original nature of BNO," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said.

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Ash announces ‘green passport’ for those who had coronavirus

Commissioner says virus to be around at least another year, will not hesitate to lock down as needed.

Prof. Nachman Ash delivers his first formal address as coronavirus commissioner on November 26, 2020.

Which Jerusalemite was first to put 'Israel' as birthplace on passport?

Ari and Naomi Zivotofksy asked for a passport that recorded their son's birthplace as Israel 18 years ago, but the US government would only say he was born in Jerusalem.

Menachem Zivotofsky with US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, October 30, 2020