Travel ban

Rep. Randy Fine’s incendiary comments on Muslims alarm many Jews, backed by pro-Israel right

The Florida Republican ignited a new round of controversy with a series of remarks about Palestinians and “mainstream Muslims” that his critics say are not just provocative but amount to “genocidal.”

REP. RANDY Fine, former gambling executive, won a special election in a deep-red district on Florida’s northeast coast.
US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on December 10, 2025.

Trump bars Palestinians from entering US on PA-issued travel docs

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem picutred at a cabinet meeting in the White House, December 2, 2025.

US widens travel ban to more than 30 countries, Noem says

Migrants from Bangladesh hand over their passports to a Panamanian official after arriving to the migrant reception center, in the village of Lajas Blancas, Darien Province, Panama September 26, 2024.

Bangladesh restores ‘except for Israel’ inscription on passports


How can travel agents charge handling fees even when flights are canceled?

Travel agents became concerned that even if a contract between an agent and a customer allows a handling fee, they would be faced with lawsuits from customers.

 Illustrative image of an airplane.

International travel still lags amid COVID, inflation and gun worries

Travel industry leaders in the US acknowledged that potential visitors are worried about gun violence due to recent mass shootings in Buffalo, Texas and elsewhere.

 Travelers at Orlando International Airport, on May 23, 2022.

The end of pandemic flight bargains? Air travel costs surging with more to come

Multiple air travel experts say the worst is still to come. After two years of COVID crushing our travel plans, consumer demand is now high.

 Air travellers wearing protective face masks, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, walk at JetBlue Terminal 5 at JFK International airport in New York, US, November 16, 2021.

US govt to cut back on 'do not travel' COVID advisories

Out of about 215 countries and territories that it rates, the department currently lists nearly 120 at "Level Four: Do Not Travel", including much of Europe Japan, Israel and Russia.

 Passengers walk at John F. Kennedy International Airport during the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant in Queens, New York City, US, December 26, 2021.

Israel banning easy entry for Ethiopian Christians this Easter - report

Population and Immigration Authority said it is concerned these tourists will not return home.

ETHIOPIAN CHRISTIAN worshipers carry a cross during a procession along Via Dolorosa

Israel’s skies are reopening, will Christians return?

Christian World talks to Christian Zionists who have been locked out of the Holy Land. Now, they are making initial plans to come back.

 David and Natalie Kiern in Israel

Israel's frustrated, out of work tour guides try to find way forward

'We lost our living, but we are also losing a part of our identity.'

 TIME TO hang up the hiking boots?

Israel's confusing, changing COVID-19 rules keep olim, families apart

While many olim are now able to reunite with family and friends, we took a look back at how corona-era travel restrictions have impacted families.

 ‘IT IS hard to know that family members are not just a plane ride away like they used to be.’

Don't damage American Jewish ties to Israel during COVID-19 - opinion

With all that is facing Israel and American Jewry at this moment, it seems daunting to take on the issue of the pandemic’s impact on the relationship between them.

 The writer’s nephew, Noam Spevack (top), climbs with a counselor on the USY Pilgrimage this past summer.

Time to create pandemic travel exceptions rule - opinion

The mechanism utilized at the start of the pandemic to address outbreaks and most recently in this fifth Omicron wave must change.

Travelers arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport when Israel again permitted tourists to enter the country on November 1.