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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 647

Israelis abroad

A sailing boat chartered by Israel's Sailor Yacht Club, returning Israelis stranded in Cyprus to Herzliya, June 23, 2025. (Stav Levaton/Times of Israel)
June 25, 2025, 1:18 am
Making odyssey back home by boat, stranded Israelis navigate war, sea and sirens
With air travel iffy, many stuck in Cyprus have opted for sailboats or other vessels plying the Mediterranean, but some warn the long journey can be more peril than pleasure cruise
By Stav Levaton
Transportation Minister Miri Regev holds a press conference ahead of Israel's 77th Independence Day Ceremony at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, on April 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 16, 2025, 6:11 pm
Israelis stranded abroad should ‘enjoy’ extra away time, transport minister says
Regev says bringing back roughly 100,000 Israelis will take time, to mitigate risk of planes being attacked; Israelis seeking to leave will not yet be allowed to
By Sharon Wrobel and ToI Staff
A Chinese paramilitary policeman guards the Israeli embassy near a poster calling for the return of hostages taken by Hamas during the one-year memorial for victims of the Hamas attack on Israel in Beijing, on Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
June 13, 2025, 4:10 pm
Foreign Ministry says embassies closed, urges Israelis abroad to register locations
After Israel launches military operation against Iran’s nuclear program, government tells citizens outside the country to avoid displaying Jewish, Israeli symbols
By Nava Freiberg and Reuters
L: Undated image of missing Israeli Michal Peleg, found dead on June 10, 2025 in Crete, Greece. (Facebook, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law); R: US-Israeli hiker Samuel Vengrinovich who is missing in India. (Courtesy)
June 10, 2025, 10:48 pm
Israeli found dead in Crete after apparent accident; Israeli hiker missing in India
Michal Peleg, 65, tripped and fell off a cliff, her family believes; meanwhile, US-Israeli Samuel Vengrinovich, 44, from Jaffa, is missing after hiking in rough weather Friday
By ToI Staff and Deborah Danan
Michal Harel and her husband Avital Epstein show the website they set up to help Israelis navigate a move to Canada in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, December 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rob Gillies)
May 12, 2025, 1:08 am
Israelis fleeing post-Oct. 7 instability receive warm welcome from Jews in chilly Toronto
Even as antisemitism is on the rise in Canada, war-weary sabras are flocking to Toronto, where its large Jewish and Israeli communities are rolling out the welcome wagon
By Robert Sarner
Participants at David's Circle in Koh Phangan, Thailand, March 2025. (Inor Kagno)
May 11, 2025, 1:47 pm
On a serene Thai island, a holistic healing center provides relief for traumatized Israelis
Survivors of the Oct. 7 massacre, discharged IDF reserves soldiers, and others gather in David’s Circle, a lush jungle sanctuary, to help each other – and themselves
By Eliyahu Freedman
Screen capture from video of a brawl between Arab Israeli tourists and hotel workers in the Egyptian resort town of Taba, August 30, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 4, 2025, 7:55 am
Egypt sentences two Israeli tourists to five years over hotel brawl
Fight last August between Arab Israeli visitors and staff at Taba Hilton reportedly broke out over dispute about drinks bill; one worker was seriously injured
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters at a demonstration in London on April 5, 2024. (Kin Cheung/AP)
April 22, 2025, 3:51 am
Israel warns its citizens abroad about planned global protests over Gaza on Tuesday
Israelis should not display national symbols, says National Security Council, which is expecting pro-Palestinian protests around the world; Hamas calls for West Bank campus rallies
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Tourists relax at a beach in Maafushi, an island in Maldives, on October 22, 2024. (Mohamed Afrah / AFP)
April 15, 2025, 3:46 pm
Maldives bans Israelis to show ‘resolute solidarity’ with Palestinians amid Gaza war
Legislation approved by parliament, ratified by president, and takes immediate effect
By AFP and ToI Staff
A sports car drives along the Place de l'Etoile, in front of the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, France, February 18, 2025. (AP/Aurelien Morissard)
April 14, 2025, 4:01 am
A French taxi app for visiting Israelis is gaining popularity amid rising antisemitism
Monite, an application similar to Uber designed specifically for Hebrew speakers, is catching on beyond its intended audience, as unprecedented levels of hate threaten local Jews
By Romain Chauvet
Tourist Police office D'Tom Tomarito holds a sign with instructions in Hebrew on how to behave for Israeli tourists to Pai, Thailand. (Eliyahu Freedman)
March 22, 2025, 12:52 pm
As war-weary Israeli reservists head to Thailand, poor behavior could spoil relations
A culture clash has left residents of a resort town complaining about travelers from the Jewish state, with the issue escalating to the Thai Interior Ministry
By Eliyahu Freedman
Cars drive by Atlantis The Royal hotel at Palm Jumeirah Island in Dubai United Arab Emirates, June 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
February 28, 2025, 12:36 am
As a tax haven with affordable properties, Dubai draws Israeli investors despite war
While the Gaza conflict spooks some Sabras, veteran real estate agents capitalizing on better prices are confident that binational relations – and profit margins – will endure
By ToI Staff
Mugshot of Mordechai Brafman, who is accused of opening fire on two people he thought were Palestinians in February 2025 (Miami-Dade County Corrections)
February 17, 2025, 2:15 pm
Jewish Florida man arrested after shooting 2 Israelis he thought were Palestinians
Mordechai Brafman tells police he killed both men, though victims, a father and son, escaped with just a grazing and shoulder injury
By Zev Stub and ToI Staff
Troops of the Kfir Brigade operate in the northern Gaza Strip, in a handout photo issued by the IDF on January 7, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 28, 2025, 1:14 pm
New Zealand requires Israelis to disclose IDF service details as condition for entry
Israelis applying for a visitors visa are being asked about the dates of their service, the locations of their bases, and whether they have ‘been involved in war crimes’
By Tani Goldstein
Hila Weisz-Gut, 34, an Israeli researcher in Holocaust studies who relocated to Oswiecim to be with her Polish husband, walks on the street in Oswiecim, January 13, 2025. (Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images, via JTA)
January 28, 2025, 7:38 am
The only Jew in Oświęcim, Poland, can see Auschwitz from her bedroom window
Hila Weisz-Gut, 34, moved to the Polish town that housed the Nazi death camp to join her Polish boyfriend, whom she met on a Holocaust education trip
By PHILISSA CRAMER
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