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Link to form that needs to be filled out within 48 hours of flight to Israel

Accordingly, the FINAL criteria For entering Israel are as follows - you must meet ONE of these conditions in order to enter Israel:

1. Vaccinated within 180 days of the trip with either a second vaccine or a booster and it must be at least 14 days after the shot.

2. Recovered within 180 days of the trip with DIGITAL proof of a positive PCR result and more than 11 days have passed since the positive result. This type of proof only exists in the EU. The UK will likely have it as well.

3. Recovered anytime – even more than 180 days before the trip - with DIGITAL proof of positive PCR result AND vaccinated with at least one dose within 180 days of the trip. Again at the moment the digital proof only exists in the EU and possibly the UK shortly.

Your vaccination or recovery CANNOT expire while in Israel, which means you may not be in Israel more than 180 days after your vaccine or recovery have expired.

CONSEQUENCES FOR VIOLATING THE TERMS OF ENTRY: VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE ABOVE CRITERIA CAN MEAN SANCTIONS INCLUDING BARRING YOUR ENTRY TO ISRAEL FOR 5 YEARS.

Link to pay for the Covid test that you'll take upon arrival in TLV

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Re: ISRAEL AIRPORT CLOSING ON MONDAY!
« Reply #1240 on: February 21, 2021, 12:30:33 AM »
Hello all, I am a physician here in the USA and one of my patients is in the hospital in serious / terminal condition. His daughter (US citizen) is in Israel right now and has a ticket booked for next week to return to see her father, but I fear it would be too late.  As the airports in Israel are closed, what other alternatives would you smart people suggest, to enable her to leave Israel?  I was thinking perhaps driving to Amman?  I am going to write a letter for the border just in case.  Any suggested pathways out?  Thank you all.
Not sure what's the  issue US citizen can leave no problem or Ishur needed. Now getting a flight is another story but when you posted there were plenty of options. 

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Re: ISRAEL AIRPORT CLOSING ON MONDAY!
« Reply #1241 on: February 21, 2021, 01:21:06 AM »
https://twitter.com/nadav_eyal/status/1363369007131295745

An Israeli citizen committed suicide in Slovakia when he couldn't get a permit to fly to Israel even after his psychiatrist wrote the committee a letter that denying him entry may lead to it.
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Re: ISRAEL AIRPORT CLOSING ON MONDAY!
« Reply #1242 on: February 21, 2021, 01:32:52 AM »
https://twitter.com/nadav_eyal/status/1363369007131295745

An Israeli citizen committed suicide in Slovakia when he couldn't get a permit to fly to Israel even after his psychiatrist wrote the committee a letter that denying him entry may lead to it.

Tragic, regardless of whether this committee are doing their job or not.
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Re: ISRAEL AIRPORT CLOSING ON MONDAY!
« Reply #1243 on: February 21, 2021, 06:11:43 AM »
anyone have any udates on y united and delta flights getting canlled and elal going?

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Re: ISRAEL AIRPORT CLOSING ON MONDAY!
« Reply #1244 on: February 21, 2021, 06:14:56 AM »
United shows it's going Tuesday and friday

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Re: ISRAEL AIRPORT CLOSING ON MONDAY!
« Reply #1245 on: February 21, 2021, 07:32:52 AM »
Delta showing all flights cancelled until 2/27

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Re: ISRAEL AIRPORT CLOSING ON MONDAY!
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Re: ISRAEL AIRPORT CLOSING ON MONDAY!
« Reply #1247 on: February 21, 2021, 11:36:42 AM »


Where is this from?

The term טיסות חילוץ irks me. It should be called טיסות לבעלי אישורים
I've been waiting over 5 years with bated breath for someone to say that!
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Re: ISRAEL AIRPORT CLOSING ON MONDAY!
« Reply #1250 on: February 21, 2021, 12:31:08 PM »
Hul Mehudar
Can't quote that to Delta to get them to change the flights :-(

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Re: ISRAEL AIRPORT CLOSING ON MONDAY!
« Reply #1251 on: February 21, 2021, 01:30:42 PM »
Bracelets. Forcing somebody into a hotel room is much worse than making him wear a bracelet IMHO. Taiwan does that.

There is also a middle ground of periodic daily check-in video calls etc

The Israeli Kennset oversight committee only approved the hotel quarantine requirement extension for 24h (Feb 22) and requested the MoH propose electronic tracking alternative for home quarantine

https://mobile.mako.co.il/news-reporters_chat?messageId=200468&utm_source=SharedChatMessage&utm_medium=copy&partner=SharedChatMessage
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Re: ISRAEL AIRPORT CLOSING ON MONDAY!
« Reply #1252 on: February 21, 2021, 02:46:02 PM »
How long does it take the exceptions comittee to give an answer to leave the country? I requested to leave israel after Shabbas(israel time) and still have not heard yet.

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Re: ISRAEL AIRPORT CLOSING ON MONDAY!
« Reply #1253 on: February 21, 2021, 02:48:55 PM »
How long does it take the exceptions comittee to give an answer to leave the country? I requested to leave israel after Shabbas(israel time) and still have not heard yet.

When I did that (for entering) on a מוצ"ש I got a response on Wednesday.
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Re: ISRAEL AIRPORT CLOSING ON MONDAY!
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Re: ISRAEL AIRPORT CLOSING ON MONDAY!
« Reply #1255 on: February 21, 2021, 06:34:49 PM »
Globes had an article this afternoon explaining the cancellation of last night's flights

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Flights scheduled by Delta Airlines and United Airlines were cancelled, but the special flights are due to resume this week.
"Following the changes in the Israeli government's regulations, we are forced to cancel the Delta flight that was due to leave at midnight tomorrow," Delta airlines announced on Friday. The flight was due to leave Tel Aviv for New York at midnight with hundreds of passengers who had already been tested for Covid-19 and had received permits from the government exemptions committee. It is not clear why it was decided not to allow the passengers to leave Israel on a flight that was already scheduled with a crew. A flight scheduled by United Airlines for last night was also cancelled.

The US airlines will be incorporated into the schedule of flights between Tel Aviv and New York from this week. Delta is due to operate flights to Tel Aviv today and on February 25, and from Tel Aviv on February 23 and 27. United Airlines will operate a number of flights from Newark and from San Francisco.

El Al will continued to fly to New York and to Frankfurt this week, with the rescue flights being divided between Israeli and foreign airlines. Arkia and Lufthansa are also flying to Frankfurt.

The government has decided to keep Israel's skies closed until March 6 at midnight. People wishing to travel before then will need to obtain permission from an exemptions committee. Flights to Paris to bring Israelis home will also take place this week. Following the complaints from the US government of discrimination, after US airlines were at first not permitted to take part in the special flights, the lesson has been learned, and foreign airlines will also be assigned flights on routes decided on by the Ministry of Transport.

https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-transport-ministry-cancels-saturday-night-tel-aviv-ny-flights-1001361405

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Re: ISRAEL AIRPORT CLOSING ON MONDAY!
« Reply #1256 on: February 21, 2021, 09:30:00 PM »
Globes had an article this afternoon explaining the cancellation of last night's flights

https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-transport-ministry-cancels-saturday-night-tel-aviv-ny-flights-1001361405

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Re: ISRAEL AIRPORT CLOSING ON MONDAY!
« Reply #1257 on: February 22, 2021, 12:36:30 AM »
DL check-in at JFK said they didn't need the exemption committee paper if checking in for flight with Israeli passport.
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Re: ISRAEL AIRPORT CLOSING ON MONDAY!
« Reply #1258 on: February 22, 2021, 07:02:45 AM »
The number allowed into Israel to be reduced to 200 per day:
https://twitter.com/newsisrael13/status/1363805322121535489

This is just crazy.  I get that the situation with hotels is bad.  But enforcing hotel confinement has to be better than simply not letting ppl in.  We are in a crisis, how can the various ministries play games like this with people's lives?  And how do we just let them?
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Re: ISRAEL AIRPORT CLOSING ON MONDAY!
« Reply #1259 on: February 22, 2021, 07:04:00 AM »
The number allowed into Israel to be reduced to 200 per day:
https://twitter.com/newsisrael13/status/1363805322121535489?s=20

Is that the explanation for the approved-then-cancelled UA/DL flights? 200/week is practically nothing.
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