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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 338

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An Israeli passport on January 18, 2023. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
April 30, 2024, 6:05 pm
Israelis can now renew biometric passports online from home, cutting out long waits
New system only available for those who already have a biometric travel document, and will only enable renewal for five years — not long enough to obtain US visa waiver
By ToI Staff
US Embassy in Jerusalem, October 27, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 3, 2023, 3:28 pm
‘A nightmare’: US passport crunch for dual citizens in Israel among most severe
Over 200,000 people with citizenship of both countries live in Israel; even newborns need separate appointments, which now take around 90 days to get in Israel, down from 360 days
By Laurie Kellman, Rebecca Santana and DAVID KOENIG
Illustrative: Immigrants fleeing from war zones in the Ukraine arrive at the Israeli immigration and absorption office, at the Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, on March 15, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)
June 7, 2023, 4:42 am
Government moves to reinstate 1-year residency requirement for passports
By July 10, Interior Ministry expected to change policy and not issue passports to Law of Return immigrants until they can prove center of life in Israel — usually after a year
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
An Israeli passport on January 18, 2023. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
May 21, 2023, 3:06 pm
Police nab suspected passport appointment scalper
Suspect employed at national laboratory involved in issuing passports believed to have booked hundreds of slots, then sold them for cash
By ToI Staff
People line up outside the Interior Ministry office to renew their passports, in Tel Aviv, on May 14, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)
May 14, 2023, 2:10 pm
Israelis swamp passport offices at launch of marathon drive for travel documents
Interior minister calls for patience as authorities begin monthlong project, accepting passport applicants without appointment to tackle backlog
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israeli passports in Jerusalem, January 18, 2023. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
May 1, 2023, 2:36 pm
Battling backlog, Interior Ministry to open up passport services without appointments
For one month, Israelis will be able to show up to apply for or renew a passport at offices in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Beersheba and Haifa, which will stay open late
By ToI Staff
An Israeli passport on January 18, 2023. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
April 20, 2023, 12:00 am
Population Authority to open new office in bid to ease passport appointment shortage
Interior Ministry body hopes to provide hundreds more meetings a day to solve issue, as networks of hackers and bots scoop up time slots, sell them for steep prices online
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israeli passports in Jerusalem, January 18, 2023. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
April 16, 2023, 6:32 pm
Unable to renew passports, many Israelis resort to paying scalpers for appointments
With backlog of a million pending renewals following pandemic, some pay hundreds of dollars as system is overwhelmed by hackers
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
The passport, listed as it appeared in Heritage Auctions official website on March 1, 2023 (Heritage Auctions)
March 1, 2023, 4:58 pm
Sadat’s family angered by sale of passport used for historic Israel trip
Document used during late Egyptian president’s 1977 visit, during which he addressed the Knesset, sold by a US-based auction house in February without family’s knowledge
By Harry Roper
Illustrative. A traveler enters Israel through a new passport control terminal in Ben Gurion International Airport in central Israel on May 20, 2015. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
January 3, 2023, 12:09 pm
New immigrants will need to prove they’ve settled in Israel before getting passports
Shas leader Deri instructs Population Authority to prepare for new rule aimed at dissuading people from obtaining citizenship only to promptly leave
By Judah Ari Gross
Israel's Ambassador to the UAE with Mateo David and his new Israeli passport, November 17, 2022 (via Twitter).
November 18, 2022, 2:33 pm
Israel’s UAE embassy issues first-ever passport to baby born in Gulf country
Ambassador Hayek hails ‘exciting moment’; mother of newborn, who lives abroad with Belgian husband, says she insisted on getting son’s Israeli passport first
By Michael Horovitz
Travelers at the departure hall of Ben Gurion International Airport ahead of the Jewish holiday of Passover. April 14, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)
May 26, 2022, 12:29 pm
Amid wage dispute, Israelis abroad increasingly unable to get replacement passports
Many consular services have run out of passports; Foreign Ministry workers refuse to send refills due to conflict over salaries
By Michael Horovitz
Illustrative: A US passport. (vlana/iStock/Getty Images)
May 14, 2022, 4:42 pm
US Embassy in Jerusalem to hold walk-in day for children’s passport services May 19
From 7:45 a.m. to noon next Thursday, those without appointments can apply at American diplomatic mission, avoid extended wait times for appointments
By ToI Staff
Traffic jams the Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv, as a train passes above, December 2, 2021 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
December 9, 2021, 2:14 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 9 – Traffic jams are driving Israelis crazy
Reporter Carrie Keller-Lynn discusses traffic problems and passports, followed by culture editor Jessica Steinberg on exhibits at Jerusalem’s Tmol Shilshom and new Train Theater
By ToI Staff
The British passport that Ayelet Balaban received in June 2021, with her place of birth listed as Occupied Palestinian Territories instead of Jerusalem (courtesy)
June 16, 2021, 1:27 pm
Israeli’s new UK passport lists birthplace as ‘Occupied Palestinian Territories’
Britain’s Home Office apologizes for ‘error’; Jerusalem-born Ayelet Balaban says discovery particularly shocking as it comes after her business was hit by Hamas rockets
By Lazar Berman
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