Israel will welcome all visitors, regardless of their COVID vaccination status.

Israel will welcome all visitors, regardless of their COVID vaccination status. Beginning March 1, Israel will allow all tourists to enter Prime Minister said.

For entry into Israel, two PCR tests will be required: one before flying in and one after landing.

Only COVID-19-vaccinated foreigners are currently permitted entry into Israel.

“We are seeing a constant drop in morbidity numbers,” Prime Minister Naftali Bennett stated. “Now is the time to progressively open up what we were the first in the world to close.”

In March 2020, Israel closed its borders to strangers for the first time. The number of visitors has gradually increased as the government has eased some restrictions, although they are still much below pre-pandemic levels.

Last month, 46,000 visitors visited Israel, up from 7,800 a year ago but still far less than the 333,000 who came in January 2020.

Opening Israel’s skies is a very welcome step and will help reunite families from around the world with their loved ones in Israel,” Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai remarked on the decision.

Last week, I recommended to Prime Minister Bennett that Israel allow unvaccinated children into the country to enable families to reunite, particularly ahead of the Passover holiday, which is such a crucial time for families to be together, as well as for the upcoming Purim festivities.”

“We have been bombarded by tens of thousands of people who want to enter Israel but didn’t qualify according to the rules,” he said.

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