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A breach in the closure of borders: how to return to Israel Israel today

2021-01-26T09:43:30.621Z


| Tourism We checked: These are the cheapest and fastest routes to return from Dubai to Israel • Government officials: a reasonable chance that we will close the land borders soon A flight through Jordan is one of the options Photography:  Coco Ben Gurion Airport is closed to commercial flights and it is not possible to enter Israel via flights, except in very exceptional cases. Thousands of Israelis a


We checked: These are the cheapest and fastest routes to return from Dubai to Israel • Government officials: a reasonable chance that we will close the land borders soon

  • A flight through Jordan is one of the options

    Photography: 

    Coco

Ben Gurion Airport is closed to commercial flights and it is not possible to enter Israel via flights, except in very exceptional cases.

Thousands of Israelis are stuck abroad, most of them in Dubai, and find no way to return to Israel. We checked and found ways to return to Israel despite the closure of the sky.

The government closed the sky but forgot to close the overland crossings, and there are a few.

Israelis in Sinai can enter the country through the Taba crossing.

We checked if it was possible to fly from Dubai to Sharm el-Sheikh and found several options, all of which include one stop.

Prices start at $ 360 per passenger, for a 4-hour flight from Dubai to Cairo, a stop of a few hours in Cairo, and from there an hour-long flight to Sharm.

Stop times in Cairo range from 3 hours to 8 hours and prices vary accordingly, but these are differences of only tens of dollars and sometimes even a few dollars.

Most flight options to Cairo are with Egyptian Egypt Air or with Emirates from Dubai and from there a short flight again, with Egyptian Air.

Another option, cheaper and faster, if you get permission to enter Dubai from Jordan, is a flight to Amman in Jordan.

Upon entering Jordan, a negative result of a corona examination from the last 72 hours and the completion of a health declaration form is required.

We called the Jordan Tourist Office and checked the official website of the Jordanian government and according to what we were told, there is no problem of entering through Dubai.

We found direct flights of Emirates from Dubai to Amman tomorrow at 14:30 for only $ 327, or Royal Jordanian at 22:40 for $ 337.

There are more options also with Play Dubai at $ 326 at 7pm tomorrow and in the days to come.

It is important to emphasize that there is a chance that the airport will reopen after this coming Sunday, so a rather arduous journey to return to Israel may be unprofitable in the end.

Another chance that exists is the operation of direct rescue flights from Dubai to Ben Gurion Airport, but even this is not clear at this stage. It is very important to check the entry conditions of each destination through which you choose to fly. Check again if this is still the case, in talks with government officials they make it clear that there is a chance that the land crossings will also be closed soon. May change at any given moment.

Source: israelhayom

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