Travel ban

Rep. Randy Fine’s incendiary comments on Muslims alarm many Jews, backed by pro-Israel right

The Florida Republican ignited a new round of controversy with a series of remarks about Palestinians and “mainstream Muslims” that his critics say are not just provocative but amount to “genocidal.”

REP. RANDY Fine, former gambling executive, won a special election in a deep-red district on Florida’s northeast coast.
US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on December 10, 2025.

Trump bars Palestinians from entering US on PA-issued travel docs

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem picutred at a cabinet meeting in the White House, December 2, 2025.

US widens travel ban to more than 30 countries, Noem says

Migrants from Bangladesh hand over their passports to a Panamanian official after arriving to the migrant reception center, in the village of Lajas Blancas, Darien Province, Panama September 26, 2024.

Bangladesh restores ‘except for Israel’ inscription on passports


Incoming passengers recovered from COVID to no longer need a PCR test

Health Ministry updates list of red, orange and yellow countries • 40% of new daily COVID cases are Arabs

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

Travel to enemy countries 'permitted' despite COVID - Health Ministry

The ministry website says it's OK to fly to Iran and Syria, despite the decades-long flight ban to enemy countries.

TRAVELERS LINE UP at Ben-Gurion Airport earlier this month.

COVID: Only four countries left on Israel’s list of banned destinations

The Health Ministry released the status of the countries to which Israelis could fly, ranking them red (banned), orange (requiring between seven and 14 days of isolation) or yellow. 

Israelis at Ben-Gurion Airport as coronavirus cases increase, August 5, 2021.

Israel given highest COVID travel warning by CDC

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention placed Israel at Level 4, the highest for COVID risk.

 A man walks near the British Airways terminal amid new restrictions to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at JFK International Airport in New York City, US, December 21, 2020.

Israelis traveling to US experiencing 'mass hysteria'

Travelers are angry that Israel had adopted stricter laws than other countries, Ziontours Jerusalem CEO Mark Feldman told the 'Post'.

  A United Airlines passenger jet takes off with New York City as a backdrop, at Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey, US December 6, 2019.

Severe travel warning for US, Italy, France and Greece delayed

Beginning next Wednesday, travelers from some 18 additional countries will be required to quarantine even if they are fully vaccinated.

American Airlines passenger planeS parked at Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. March 23, 2020

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.

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!

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"

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.”

THE EMPTY arrival hall at Ben-Gurion Airport on March 11.