One expert forsees lack of vaccination as a barrier to getting in, while several sources say maybe June, and hopefully September the gates will open up
With Israel's airport reopened after more than a month, the question on the minds of many travelers, especially Evangelical Christians, is: When will foreigners be allowed back into Israel?
Israel has imposed some of the strictest COVID-related closures of anywhere in the world with a complete ban on tourists and airport closures that have kept Israeli citizens stuck on either side of the nation’s borders, sometimes for weeks at a time, causing a heavy toll on the economy.
But now, with elections coming up in two weeks, the government is loosening some of these restrictions, reopening the economy and the airport as well.
What does this mean for foreigners though? So far, exceptions to get into Israel may be granted to journalists, diplomats, athletes, new immigrants, foreign workers, spouses or parents of Israelis and those meeting humanitarian and security needs in Israel.
But tourism is still a few months off.
