named by the world health organization. omrikon. israel has also been skittish when it comes to this virus. they closed their borders down for quite a lot of time. is there any chance they re going to be closing their borders again to travelers beyond south africa? i think the israeli government hasn t ruled anything out, and the tone coming from the israeli prime minister today was not looking to calm people. he was looking to really get their attention. things here in israel have pretty normal feel to them right now. most businesses, restaurants, shops, cafes, are open. this is a highly vaccinated country. boosters were rolled out here. much sooner than everywhere else. but despite those levels of protection, you know, much higher rates of vaccination than what you re seeing in the u.s., the israeli government is really trying to sound the alarm that