Travel

Visitors traveling to Israel are required to hold a passport valid for at least six months from the day they are set to depart from the country. All visitors to Israel are entitled to remain in the country for up to three months from the date of their arrival.

In order to make travel to Israel easier, many countries have a Visa Waiver Program with Israel, allowing citizens to visit without arranging a visa in advance.

People traveling out of Israel on Israeli passports are banned from entering twelve countries, including: Algeria, Brunei, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Yemen.

An exception to this ban is Iraqi Kurdistan, which does have established relations with Israel. 

Despite these countries, the Israeli passport is considered strong, and those traveling on it have visa or visa-free arrival access to 160 different countries and territories. 

When leaving and entering Israel, travelers with Israeli passports are required to present them, no matter what other passports they hold from other countries.

Assaf Winery blends rich wines, rustic cabins, and farm-fresh fare into a village experience

Full-bodied and fully family-run: As the winery nestled in the Golan Heights has grown, so has the family’s connection to it.

 The Assaf Winery in the Golan Heights
 ISRAELIS LINE up to try to get on flights home from Athens Airport. Many were stranded for days without any indication of when they would return to Israel.

Thunder road and missile sirens: My odyssey of pain to get back to an Israel under Iranian attack

 Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan

An emotional exploration in Uzbekistan

 An MSC cargo ship, carrying containers, including some from the United Arab Emirates, docks as its cargo is unloaded at Haifa's port, northern Israel October 12, 2020

Miri Regev says shipping giant MSC agreed to aid in rescue of stranded Israelis


How to Use Travel Insurance When the Skies Shut Down

With Israel’s airspace closed following an escalation with Iran, flights were grounded, and many Israelis are stranded abroad. The question arises: What does travel insurance actually cover?

 Empty El Al Israel Airlines check-in counters are seen at Ben Gurion International Airport

'Miracle' in Dharamsala: Missing American-Israeli hiker in India found alive after nine days

Samuel Vengrinovich walked for 9 days with a broken arm, without food or water.

Samuel Vengrinovich

Israel launches rescue operation to bring close to 150,000 stranded Israelis home

Operation 'Safe Return': Private airlines and the Mano Maritime shipping company will be mobilized to bring stranded Israelis home by air and by sea.

 An El Al flight lands at Ben Gurion Airport, March 31, 2025

Travel expert on whether to return to Israel via Jordan or Sinai - opinion

If you are fortunate to get a flight into Agaba, the Jordanian border city across from Eilat, allows you to jump in a Jordanian taxi for the ten-minute drive to Taba.

 EL AL flight at Ben Gurion International Airport, May 13, 2025.

Israelis shouldn't enter country through Jordan, Egypt's Sinai borders, NSC says

Private initiatives have emerged to help Israelis trapped abroad to enter the locked-down country through Jordan and the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.

 People cross to Egypt through the Taba Border Crossing, during the summer holiday, in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, August 6, 2023

Israel's airspace closed: How to enter, leave the Jewish state during Iran escalations - explainer

There are other ways to leave and enter Israel other than by flights. Here are your options, and how much they will cost.

 An El Al Boeing Dreamliner is prepared for its next flight at Ben Gurion Airport.

Ahead of summer: The hotel chain that will pamper your dogs

Metaylim hotels and Purina partner to offer guests arriving with dogs in summer a Pro Plan Dental Care treat pack to help keep their dogs’ oral hygiene and fresh breath.

 A dog at the hotel

JetBlue flight rolls off runway at Boston airport, no injuries reported

The airport authority deplaned the passengers via stairs and transported them by bus to the terminal.

 A Jet Blue plane comes in for a landing at LaGuardia airport in New York, August 29, 2012.

Navigating Ireland’s anti-Israel politics: A personal story of tolerance and tension - opinion

After four visits to Ireland in the last four years, including two since Hamas’s October 7, 2023 massacres in Israel, we have never experienced any antisemitic remarks or actions directed toward us.

 Relations between Israel and Ireland.

Classic Regensburg, Taipei Stopover & the Mysterious Tefillin Case

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 108

 “The Place Of Encounter” in the medieval Jewish quarter.

With two oceans and 48 kosher eateries, Panama is a kosher tourist's dream

In Panama, indigenous peoples rub shoulders with Caribbeans, conquistador descendants, Chinese, and others, including some 16,000 Jews.

 Many locals shop in the Casco Viejo district indoor market.