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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 654000 times)

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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1700 on: March 07, 2021, 10:08:22 AM »
What makes you say so? I lived for many years in the US without much urge to go to EY. In recent years I've tried to go several times a year for personal reasons. I don't really see it as going to EY, rather going for my specific personal reasons. I usually spend there just a few days.

Being denied the ability to go back to my family and my business, after being granted special permission to enter due to humanitarian reasons is just beyond weird. You can't make up the level of bureaucracy that goes on there (I just got a totally convoluted authorization from ועדת חריגים a couple of hours ago mixing up my application to enter with my application to leave, a total mixup of dates and directions). After the reason for my current visit was taken care of, and there was no pressing need for me to stay, what right do they have to deny me the ability to go back home? And if they determined on Purim that one can leave if they commit not to come back for 60 days, why take that ability offline for a few days after it was announced (which would just relieve the ועדת חריגים for a significant application load) and then bring it back out of the blue a few days later.
I understand all that, I just thought you would be able to put aside your personal and political frustration for the (so I thought) universal Jewish value of chibuv haaretz.
(I also thought it was something that Chabad emphasized as well, but it could be I'm wrong)
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1701 on: March 07, 2021, 10:19:40 AM »
So...what's the consensus on Israeli's traveling with kids for Pesach?
Is the below true? What qualifies as humanitarian reasons?


Also, what I don't get it is, if the fear is vaccine evading mutation - why more fear for non-vaccinated than vaccinated (especially if the non-vaccinated have to quarantine)
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1702 on: March 07, 2021, 10:23:32 AM »
universal Jewish value of chibuv haaretz.

Could you please elaborate on what that means (in practical terms)?
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1703 on: March 07, 2021, 10:28:28 AM »
@m65 Can you keep us updated please?

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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1704 on: March 07, 2021, 10:29:21 AM »
PCR now required for outbound as well, unless you have a green passport:



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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1705 on: March 07, 2021, 10:32:03 AM »
PCR now required for outbound as well, unless you have a green passport:




Not sure when this came out but United sent out emails about this a week in advance of tomorrow's flight.

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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1706 on: March 07, 2021, 10:33:15 AM »
Not sure when this came out but United sent out emails about this a week in advance of tomorrow's flight.
NOTAM was published today at 09:41UTC
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1707 on: March 07, 2021, 10:33:38 AM »
PCR now required for outbound as well, unless you have a green passport:
That's 72 hours from flight (so the leniency from US of 3 calendar days is not relevant), correct?
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1708 on: March 07, 2021, 10:34:32 AM »
That's 72 hours from flight (so the leniency from US of 3 calendar days is not relevant), correct?
Correct
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1709 on: March 07, 2021, 10:36:57 AM »
Any word on whether kids need to quarantine with parents who have a green passport?
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1710 on: March 07, 2021, 10:37:30 AM »
Any word on whether kids need to quarantine with parents who have a green passport?
It seems pretty clear they will need to.
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1711 on: March 07, 2021, 10:38:48 AM »
@m65 Can you keep us updated please?
nothing yet. gonna head soon to airport

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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1712 on: March 07, 2021, 10:40:36 AM »
nothing yet. gonna head soon to airport
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1713 on: March 07, 2021, 10:42:54 AM »
Any word on whether kids need to quarantine with parents who have a green passport?
They need to AFAIK
They also need vaad harigim's approval in order to fly with vaccinated parents

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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1714 on: March 07, 2021, 10:44:52 AM »
They need to AFAIK
Anything say that explicitly?
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1715 on: March 07, 2021, 10:47:33 AM »
Why doesn't the NOTAM note that green passport holders don't need to request permission to leave?
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1716 on: March 07, 2021, 10:49:11 AM »
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1717 on: March 07, 2021, 10:54:40 AM »
Anything say that explicitly?
They are treated as part of the 'not vaccinated population' since so specific exemption has been published regarding kids.


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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1718 on: March 07, 2021, 10:55:18 AM »
They are treated as part of the 'not vaccinated population' since so specific exemption has been published regarding kids.
This. I don't know why this is even a question
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #1719 on: March 07, 2021, 10:56:58 AM »
Why doesn't the NOTAM note that green passport holders don't need to request permission to leave?
I guess it's just covered in the catch all " unless exempt." Surprising it leaves it vague though.
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