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


4% of severe cases in Omicron wave could be young children

1,118 individuals have been confirmed as carrying the Omicron variant * Health Ministry D-G delays approval of fourth shot * Pfizer and Merck COVID drugs en route to Israel

 People some with facemasks shop at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on December 24, 2021.

‘Israel’s contract with Diaspora suspended due to COVID-19’

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: Conference of Presidents leader: We are more than a passport number, but a critical component of what makes Israel tick.

 WILLIAM DAROFF, the CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.

Elusive ‘exception committee’ keeps Israel closed with no oversight - analysis

Even MKs are failing to get answers about who decides on the criteria for allowing people to travel in a time of emergency.

 Travellers wear protective face masks at Terminal 3, Ben Gurion International Airport, as Israel restricts air travel more, on August 05, 2021.

COVID-19: Shai asks PM for committee to let Diaspora Jews enter Israel

Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai also proposed creating a public diplomacy unit devoted to maintaining relations with Diaspora Jewry.

Former Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai.

Olim threaten to go to High Court over US travel ban

The Yad L'Olim organization sent a letter to the PM and A-G demanding to find a solution for thousands of olim who work and have close family in the US.

 Travelers at the Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on September 6, 2021.

COVID-19 begs the question: Isn’t Israel the homeland for all Jews?

Perhaps those who can afford it should purchase a ticket to Israel and visit as soon as the shutdown is lifted. 

 WE HAVE forgotten what longing for Israel feels like.

Israel's Omicron-initiated closures hurt not just Jews, they hurt Christians

No, they are not Jewish. They are not citizens. But they are deeply connected to Israel spiritually and nationally, and want to be here no less than many Jews.

 CHRISTIAN PILGRIMS seen inside Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, December 2020.

Travel ban leaves Diaspora Jews with broken hearts but unbroken bond - opinion

Today, our borders may be blocked temporarily, but our nerve endings remain intertwined, with our hearts still open to one another.

With more countries being declared ‘red,’ travelers converge on Ben-Gurion Airport on Sunday.

Letters to the Editor December 22, 2021: Nonstarter

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Israel's only duty is to her permanent residents - opinion

Israel has an overriding duty primarily, if not exclusively, to the citizens and other lawful residents who live within her borders from the Mediterranean to Judea and Samaria.

Healthcare workers take coronavirus test samples in Jerusalem last week.