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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 And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4100 on: August 03, 2021, 07:14:04 AM »
Does this mean that US citizens entering Israel with a permit are now required to quarantine in a hotel or it is voluntary?



https://corona.health.gov.il/directives/air-travel-covid19-green/#by-air
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4101 on: August 03, 2021, 07:40:21 AM »
Does this mean that US citizens entering Israel with a permit are now required to quarantine in a hotel or it is voluntary?



https://corona.health.gov.il/directives/air-travel-covid19-green/#by-air
The language reads as if it's required but I don't even think they the hotels opened..

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4102 on: August 03, 2021, 07:50:36 AM »
Knesset Spokeswoman (Labor, Welfare and Health Committee):

  Approved by the Labor, Welfare and Health Committee :
 Vaccinated and recovering returnees from 18 other countries will be required to be isolated - including the United States, Greece, Italy and Germany

 MK Reytan Marom: "Hopefully this is the last time we will meet here on this issue.  My heart goes out to all the workers in the tourism industry who have waited and started to warm up "*

 The Labor, Welfare and Health Committee, chaired by MK Efrat Reytan Marom, approved an order to add 18 countries to the list of countries vaccinated and recovering from those who will be required to be isolated. At the same time, eight countries will be removed from the list, to include a total of 42 countries.


  Countries that are vaccinated and recover from them will require isolation from August 6 :
 Ukraine, Italy, Iceland, Aswatini,United States, Botswana, Bulgaria, Germany, Netherlands, Tanzania, Greece, Malawi, Egypt, Czech Republic, France, Cuba, Rwanda and Tunisia.

 Countries to be removed from the list :
 Seychelles, Zambia, Paraguay, Costa Rica, Uganda, Liberia, Panama and Kenya.

 Data presented by the Ministry of Health at the hearing show, among other things, that 141 patients returned from the United States from the end of June to the end of July, constituting 0.24% of all returnees.  From Greece 292 patients (0.47%), from France 42 patients (0.24).

 Committee Chairman MK Efrat Reitan Marom : "Representatives from the various government ministries that make up the inter-ministerial committee came here to explain the move and give us answers. The public is very curious and wants to understand why countries are closing."  After the order was approved by a vote, she added: "I hope this is the last time we will meet here on this issue. Imposing seven days of isolation is a difficult decision.


  Tal Fox, Legal Department at the Ministry of Health  explained: "What is discussed here is the obligation to isolate the vaccinated and recovering. Those who are not vaccinated or recover must be isolated on their return in each country. There was no change in the criteria  The list includes eight other countries in which the situation has improved. "

 Ilana Gens, head of the public health staff at the Ministry of Health added: "The current wave of morbidity is similar to what we see in the world. Most of the world is on the rise in morbidity, mostly because of the delta strain.  No matter what the state reports, some countries do not test, floor variants or report.  Serologies in those countries and other factors.

  Prof. Nadav Davidovich, Chairman of the Association of Public Health Physicians : "The person who is currently helping to collect data on the disease is AMN, it is impossible to continue to rely on it. A unit should be set up within the Ministry of Health to deal with data  "For that, we need standards in the Ministry of Health and it is very important that the committee recommends it. It has been delayed for more than ten years."

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4103 on: August 03, 2021, 07:54:20 AM »
IMHO it's a matter of weeks before every country become red. Otherwise this opens the way to 'arbitrage', with people stopping in green countries on the way to Israel. My 2 cents

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4104 on: August 03, 2021, 07:56:47 AM »
What a joke. The horses are long out of the stable and the issue is community spread.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4105 on: August 03, 2021, 08:02:01 AM »
Approved by Knesset committee about an hour ago, including US, starts Friday.
Full list is

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Knesset Spokeswoman (Labor, Welfare and Health Committee):

  Approved by the Labor, Welfare and Health Committee :
 Vaccinated and recovering returnees from 18 other countries will be required to be isolated - including the United States, Greece, Italy and Germany
Link?
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4106 on: August 03, 2021, 08:03:16 AM »
From these sites it seems we don’t need a PCR but it’s not 100% clear. And I emailed a travel agent here in Israel and she said “you absolutely need to take the PCR test!”
Confused. Has anyone flown back to US with only antibody test?
 
https://www.iaa.gov.il/en/airports/ben-gurion/notifications-and-updates-during-covid-19/
 
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/testing-international-air-travelers.html
No. You need PCR or antigen.
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4108 on: August 03, 2021, 08:10:25 AM »
Why do they lump 50 states together
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4109 on: August 03, 2021, 08:13:58 AM »
The language reads as if it's required but I don't even think they the hotels opened..
The hotels are definitely open, the dashboard shows hundreds of people currently in hotel.
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4110 on: August 03, 2021, 08:33:03 AM »
Why do they lump 50 states together
No border controls? No way of verifying what state you've been in? Although by that logic the EU should be treated as one too...

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4111 on: August 03, 2021, 08:34:25 AM »
Although by that logic the EU should be treated as one too...
Exactly.
Having France red but Belgium and Switzerland green is a joke

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4112 on: August 03, 2021, 08:34:45 AM »
Does this mean that US citizens entering Israel with a permit are now required to quarantine in a hotel or it is voluntary?



https://corona.health.gov.il/directives/air-travel-covid19-green/#by-air
Any confirmation of this?
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4113 on: August 03, 2021, 08:59:46 AM »
Ouch

https://twitter.com/gotomichal/status/1422466758120779869?s=19
I thought foreigners from high risk countries weren't allowed in. Has this changed?
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4114 on: August 03, 2021, 09:02:23 AM »
IMHO airlines will add capacity this week to allow ppl to fly back

They give it extra time to allow airlines/people to adapt to the new policies. Circumventing quarantine by returning before it goes into effect is likely to increase Delta cases arriving from abroad.
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4115 on: August 03, 2021, 09:03:08 AM »
I thought foreigners from high risk countries weren't allowed in. Has this changed?

Maybe it’s two tiers, with one set of countries not allowed in and the other set requiring quarantine...
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4116 on: August 03, 2021, 09:24:54 AM »
Maybe it’s two tiers, with one set of countries not allowed in and the other set requiring quarantine...
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4117 on: August 03, 2021, 09:28:09 AM »
This.
Source? Can this possibly be any more confusing?
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4118 on: August 03, 2021, 09:30:53 AM »
Also just approved is the tracking app, 'for the next two weeks'.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4119 on: August 03, 2021, 09:43:48 AM »
New country additions postponed to Aug 11

https://twitter.com/newsisrael13/status/1422549873682010115
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