Vaccinated foreign nationals will be able to enter Israel beginning July 1, Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked announced, confirming the timeline to reopen the country’s skies that had been set by the previous government.
In addition to those who are inoculated, children up to age 6 whose parents meet the requirement will also be allowed in.
No prior authorization will be required, but further details are currently being examined by the Health Ministry, Shaked said. These details include the list of countries from where people will be allowed to enter Israel, and which vaccines will be accepted.
Unvaccinated individuals entering the country will need to enter quarantine, as is required of Israelis returning from abroad who are not inoculated or recovered.
Shaked also said that Israelis are going to be able to continue traveling everywhere they wish, except for the countries with the highest risk of morbidity, for whom an authorization from the special governmental committee is going to be required. At the moment, the list includes Argentina, Brazil, India, Mexico, Russia and South Africa.
Foreign nationals from these countries are also not going to be authorized to travel to Israel except in very limited circumstances, such as the parents of a bride or a groom, or foreign workers vaccinated in Israel.
All people entering Israel from abroad are required to undergo a PCR test upon arrival, in addition to presenting the results of another one before boarding the flight. For this purpose, a testing complex has been operating at the airport since March, The Jerusalem Post reported.
