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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

Author Topic: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread  (Read 662827 times)

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4140 on: August 04, 2021, 09:55:47 AM »


https://twitter.com/bencaspit/status/1422830495176577025
This last one annoyed me.. Israel has what, 14 Air Tractor planes? (https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%97%D7%99%D7%93%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%91%D7%95%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%99)..

A big fire will easily put 10 of those into play, and then the other 4 are on standby for the other fires that will inevitably happen at the same time.
It's prime fire season, already had two big ones this week.

The plane can't even make the journey without a stop.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4141 on: August 04, 2021, 03:46:06 PM »
No.  They may not have to do hotel quarantine but they will not be eligible for release from quarantine with an antibody test.
So to be clear, there's no way to exit quarantine after Aug 11?
And is it 7 days or 14?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4142 on: August 04, 2021, 03:48:04 PM »


it's still there, https://corona.health.gov.il/directives/air-travel-covid19-green/#isolation, and in fact on the bidud letter you get when you enter the country it also mentions it
Was talking about mandatory quarantine in hotel. Which seems is gone.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4143 on: August 04, 2021, 03:50:46 PM »
So to be clear, there's no way to exit quarantine after Aug 11?
And is it 7 days or 14?
7 with a negative test at the end
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4144 on: August 04, 2021, 04:30:04 PM »
7 with a negative test at the end
Can a מחלים avoid quarantine?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4145 on: August 04, 2021, 04:34:11 PM »
Can a מחלים avoid quarantine?
No

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4146 on: August 05, 2021, 02:57:06 AM »
What's the cheapest serology test available in Israel?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4147 on: August 05, 2021, 04:01:55 AM »
What's the cheapest serology test available in Israel?
Asaf haRofeh is 150, but factor in getting there/traffic etc.
Hatzala is 249 but has a wider spread.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4148 on: August 05, 2021, 04:06:03 AM »
Was talking about mandatory quarantine in hotel. Which seems is gone.
Still there



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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4151 on: August 05, 2021, 03:37:00 PM »

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4152 on: August 05, 2021, 06:30:49 PM »
i wouldn't be surprised if Israel adopts Australia's policy of banning all flights from certain countries (inc. citizens)

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4153 on: August 05, 2021, 06:32:53 PM »
i wouldn't be surprised if Israel adopts Australia's policy of banning all flights from certain countries (inc. citizens)

It happened (more or less) in February. With a real fiasco of ועדת חריגים and eventual cancellation of state sponsored hotel quarantine.
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4154 on: August 05, 2021, 09:53:55 PM »
Can you "quarantine" in a hotel (until antibody test)?
I noticed hotel website states need green pass to enter, are they enforced?

from website "The entrance to the hotels will be allowed only for the vaccinated, recovered and those with a negative PCR test result who are aged 12 and over."
Does that mean even with green pass you still need a negative PCR?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4155 on: August 05, 2021, 09:57:05 PM »
Can you "quarantine" in a hotel (until antibody test)?
I noticed hotel website states need green pass to enter, are they enforced?

from website "The entrance to the hotels will be allowed only for the vaccinated, recovered and those with a negative PCR test result who are aged 12 and over."
Does that mean even with green pass you still need a negative PCR?

No. I’m pretty sure it’s or, not and, as in one of the following three:
- Vaccinated
- Recovered
or
- Negative PCR (within the past 3 days)

(Those under 12 don’t require any of the above).
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4156 on: August 05, 2021, 10:05:16 PM »
No. I’m pretty sure it’s or, not and, as in one of the following three:
- Vaccinated
- Recovered
or
- Negative PCR (within the past 3 days)

(Those under 12 don’t require any of the above).
Do they give you the arrival test results so that it can be used as proof of negative for those that dont have green pass….

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4157 on: August 05, 2021, 10:50:25 PM »
Do they give you the arrival test results so that it can be used as proof of negative for those that dont have green pass….

No idea.
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4158 on: August 05, 2021, 10:56:03 PM »
Was the quarantine requirement pushed up to tomorrow?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4159 on: August 05, 2021, 11:40:48 PM »
Do they give you the arrival test results so that it can be used as proof of negative for those that dont have green pass….

The question is how long it takes to get those results. That has been one of the complaints about the new test provider. The old provider had a lab set up at the airport and would usually get you results within a few hours. The new provider can take much longer.
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