Open letter to Prime Minister Bennett ahead of visit to USA

By Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative”— During your first official visit to Washington, DC, you’ll have to choose between two options: *Blurring your deeply-rooted, assertive Israeli positions on the future of Judea and Samaria (the West Bank), which would be welcome by the Biden Administration, yielding to short-term political convenience and…

With Israel requiring quarantine for nearly all incoming travelers, tourism personnel say ‘terrible’ situation has been a ‘rollercoaster’ of ‘inconsistencies,’ ‘half truths’

By Nicole Jansezian, AllIsrael.com— With COVID infections in Israel rising at a rapid pace, the government approved a last-minute restriction last week that struck another blow to the struggling tourism industry: a seven-day quarantine requirement across the board for anyone entering Israel, from almost anywhere. In a matter of days, the cancellations came pouring in.…