Israel has banned its citizens from travelling to SA â and halted a vaccinated-tourists plan May 05, 2021, 06:13 AM
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Israel’s strict new travel rules prohibit citizens from travelling to South Africa and require returning residents to quarantine for two weeks.
This is despite Israel being one of the leaders in the global vaccination race, and recording its lowest level of positive Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
The new restrictions have also postponed Israel’s tourism programme, which was due to welcome vaccinated visitors into the country towards the end of May.
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Effective Wednesday, April 7 at 8 am, entry restrictions are
relaxed. They are not eliminated.
Foreign non-citizen family members of Israelis will be allowed to apply for, and obtain, entry permits for various special circumstances, medical emergencies, deaths and for the purpose of visiting IDF lone soldiers. The special circumstances may include weddings, bar mitzvahs, births and circumcisions.
Proof of relationship will be made by checking the population registry and by presenting relevant notarized documents proving the family relationship.
Preliminary approval from the Population and Immigration Authority or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is required before boarding the flight.
One must have a negative PCR test result within 72 hours prior to leaving the country of origin and travelers must take a PCR test upon arrival to Israel.
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel s diplomatic reporter
Yazidi newborn Hena arrives in Israel from Iraqi Kurdistan with her uncle to undergo life-saving heart surgery at Sheba Hospital (courtesy Shevet Achim)
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Upon landing, the two-month-old was whisked directly to Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv where she began treatment.
Last month, The Times of Israel revealed the convoluted and ever-shifting set of instructions that the Interior Ministry, Foreign Ministry, and the Population and Immigration Authority’s Exceptions Committee provided to Shevet Achim, a Christian aid organization that brings children from neighboring Arab countries to Israel for medical treatment.
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