Israel, who won high praise from many for their early handling of the coronavirus, has seen their own covid numbers tick up and they have now adjusted their warning list of countries as well, based on the number of new cases. This includes the US and means that any travelers from the US to Israel will have to isolate – regardless of vaccination status.
Israel Issues a Severe Travel Warning for the US
There had been high hope that August and September would throw open the doors for Israeli tourism but the opposite is now happening. Israel has just added several new countries to the “orange” list which means a several travel warning is in effect. The latest countries added include:
- Bulgaria
- Czech Republic
- Egypt
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Iceland
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Ukraine
- the United States
The “severe travel warning” means that anyone traveling from those countries need to quarantine for 14 days upon returning. This can be shortened to 7 days as long as they have two negative PCR tests during this time. This is whether the traveler is fully vaccinated, recovered, or neither one.
This new travel policy will go into effect from August 11.
Some of the countries on the “red” list include Great Britain, South Africa, Spain, India, Cyprus, and Russia. This means that Israelis are not allowed to visit those countries unless they receive an exception from the government. Of course, quarantine is required when they return, should they receive an exception.
Bottom Line
Israel is implementing new restrictions again in an effort to avoid a nationwide lockdown again. Among these new restrictions are the addition of some nations to the “orange” list and that includes the United States. This means that quarantine is a requirement upon entering Israel, should someone be able to travel there. This means that open tourism to Israel will continue to take a little while longer.
I would never consider visiting or supporting that warmongering apartheid state but thanks anyways.
I would never consider visiting Bill-land, a self-absorbed swamp of narcissism that seeks to reduce every neutral topic into a throw away line fitting into a singular worldview, but thanks anyway.