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An arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport, on November 28, 2021, heads to a mandatory COVID test. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
December 27, 2021, 3:03 pm
In Israel’s month-long COVID flight ban, staff of 20 handling 24,000 urgent requests
Almost 2 years into pandemic, entry and exit appeals are being reviewed on emergency basis, with consequent confusion and error, rather than within an effective, longterm framework
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Yazidi newborn Hena arrives in Israel from Iraqi Kurdistan with her uncle to undergo life-saving heart surgery at Sheba Hospital (courtesy Shevet Achim)
April 4, 2021, 4:38 pm
After agonizing wait, Israel lets in Yazidi baby for life-saving treatment
Newborn Hena from Iraq reaches Sheba Hospital; eight more Kurdish babies requiring emergency surgery to enter from Jordan on Tuesday
By Lazar Berman
Hena, a Yazidi newborn from Sinjar, waits in a Duhok hospital for permission to enter Israel for life-saving heart surgery. (Shevet Achim)
March 22, 2021, 6:44 pm
Kurdish babies’ lives hang in balance as Israeli red tape blocks their last hope
Doctors near Tel Aviv are ready to operate, but a hellish bureaucratic mess between government bodies means sick children are being kept from surgery that can save their lives
By Lazar Berman
Passengers arriving on a flight from Frankfurt take part in the pilot program of wearing electrical bracelets upon arrival in Israel, for the quarantine period. March 01, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 6, 2021, 8:40 pm
Last minute decision-making said to leave many flights up in the air
Airlines began selling tickets after ministers approved wider opening of airport, but last-minute delay in cabinet vote has mired process in uncertainty
By ToI Staff
The departure hall at Ben Gurion Airport on January 25, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
March 6, 2021, 6:31 pm
Politicians regularly meddled with arrivals committee to help associates — TV
Letter from legal adviser claims panel that ruled on entrance to country was often instructed on who to let in, including by Deri aide
By ToI Staff
The almost empty arrival hall at Ben Gurion Airport on February 28, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
March 2, 2021, 8:50 pm
3,000 Israelis a day to be allowed to fly home, without need for permit panel ok
Top health official warns opening up airport without proper enforcement of quarantine could lead to arrival of vaccine-resistant variants and ‘catastrophe’
By ToI Staff
Passengers arriving in Israel on an emergency flight at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on February 3, 2021 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 2, 2021, 6:32 pm
Panel stops 6-year-old from flying in with family, claims he’s already in Israel
Controversial permits committee maintains child is not in Ukraine with his parents and sibling, and therefore refuses him permission to return home
By ToI Staff
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