Published: 2 March 2021
Last updated: 4 March 2024
A scandal over flights to Israel is rocking the country, and could upend next month's election (Haaretz)
Though the country’s borders are supposed to be ‘hermetically sealed,’ a TV news report alleges that ultra-Orthodox citizens can more easily obtain special permission to fly back from abroad ahead of the March 23 election
Israel’s entry ban on citizens ‘unparalleled in democratic world,’ watchdog says (Times of Israel)
Israel Democracy Institute experts say sweeping restriction on Israeli nationals is extremely problematic from constitutional perspective, could infringe on right to vote
No jab, no entry laws the ‘obvious’ way to promote vaccines: Israeli minister (SMH)
The minister in charge of the world’s most successful coronavirus vaccination rollout says countries such as Australia should consider copying Israel’s new “green pass” regime, which bans people from entering a swathe of indoor venues if they have turned down the jab
DINA KRAFT: Israel turns to carrots, and maybe some sticks, to persuade Covid-19 vaccine holdouts (LA Times)
Photo: An ultra-Orthodox traveller at Ben-Gurion airport in 2020 (Tomer Appelbaum)
