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Delta Air Lines and El Al began code sharing on Jan. 1, providing travelers with more options.
January 10, 2024, 1:19 pm
Delta and El Al Started Codeshare Jan. 1
The planned code sharing is particularly significant because Delta is still not providing nonstop service to Tel Aviv due to the war.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Delta is not the only U.S. airline to cease service into or out of Israel. Within a week of the outbreak of hostilities, the U.S. State Department raised its travel advisory to Level 3, asking citizens to reconsider travel to Israel.
December 27, 2023, 10:34 am
YIR: Delta Cancels Atlanta Service to Israel Indefinitely
The airline directly contacted Atlanta travelers who had flight reservations to Israel before Oct. 11, 2023, when flights were stopped, offering a special travel waiver.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Delta is not the only U.S. airline to cease service into or out of Israel. Within a week of the outbreak of hostilities, the U.S. State Department raised its travel advisory to Level 3, asking citizens to reconsider travel to Israel.
October 30, 2023, 1:53 pm
Delta Air Lines Cancels Direct Flights to Israel
Both Atlanta and Boston flights are stopped while New York flights continue.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) greets US President Joe Biden upon his arrival at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport on Oct. 18, 2023 // Photo Credit: Brendan SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Times of Israel
October 18, 2023, 1:44 pm
Biden Pins Blame for Gaza Hospital Blast on ‘The Other Team’
Visiting president says Hamas makes ISIS look ‘more rational,’ praises Israelis for ‘their courage, their commitment, their bravery’ before meeting with first responders.
By Lazar Berman/Times of Israel
A protester stands in front of a police water cannon being used to disperse demonstrators blocking a road during a protest against moves by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Jerusalem, July 24, 2023. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
July 26, 2023, 10:29 am
Chasm in Israel Widens
Hundreds of thousands of protesters, including military reservists, bring country to standstill.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Prime Minister Yair Lapid and U.S. President Joe Biden at the Reception Ceremony at Ben Gurion Airport // Photo Credit Haim Zach with Israeli Government Press Office
July 28, 2022, 11:18 am
Biden Gave Bear Hug to Israel During Recent Trip
While the U.S. didn’t ask anything of Israel, it did of Saudi Arabia.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett handles his mask during a cabinet meeting at the prime minister’s office in Jerusalem, on April 10. // Credit: Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP
April 28, 2022, 5:22 pm
Indoor Mask Requirements Loosened in Israel
According to the Israel Ministry of Health, more than 10,000 people have died from the COVID-19 virus.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel.
December 22, 2021, 1:56 pm
YIR: Israel May Finally Open Up to Tourists in November
October 2021: COVID Restrictions caused a bumpy year for travelers to Israel.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
In Biblical and Mishnaic times, Jews were buried in underground in caves.
December 15, 2021, 1:29 pm
The Option of Being Buried in Israel
For many Jews today, being buried in Israel is a statement of eternal attachment to the Jewish homeland.
By Chana Shapiro
Travelers arriving at the Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel, stand in line to get a Covid19 check upon arrival. July 01, 2021. Photo by Nati Shohat/FLASH90
October 26, 2021, 6:45 pm
Israel May Finally Open Up to Tourists in November
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the tourism industry particularly hard.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Olympic Gold medalist Linoy Ashram at Ben Gurion Airport after winning the gold medal in rhythmic gymnastics at the Olympic Games in Japan, August 11, 2021. (Menahem KAHANA // AFP/Times of Israel)
September 3, 2021, 12:16 pm
Israeli Rhythmic Olympic Gymnastics Sees Scandal
Israeli gymnast Linoy Ashram brought home Israel’s second gold medal of the games — and the third of all time for the Jewish State.
By Nathan Posner
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett departs for Washington, on August 24, 2021. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
August 24, 2021, 4:07 pm
Touting Reset of Ties, Bennett Heads to US to Map out Iran Strategy with Biden
On tarmac, PM says he’s bringing a new ‘spirit of cooperation’ to Washington, which he hopes will bolster Israel’s security.
By LAZAR BERMAN and JACOB MAGID
February 28, 2021, 8:00 pm
COVID Travel Restrictions Impact Atlantans and Israelis
Ben-Gurion Airport could be closed until after Passover, with some rescue flights to Israelis caught abroad.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Members of the Bitao family who arrived on January 22, 2021 as part of Operation Tzur Yisrael kiss the tarmac at Ben Gurion Airport (Avi Hayun/Keren Hayesod)
January 29, 2021, 3:44 pm
COVID Ban on Flights Keeps Out Ethiopian Immigrants
300 Ethiopian Jews had been scheduled to arrive at Ben Gurion Airport as part of a plan that allowed 1,600 new immigrants.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Morris Maslia gets the falafel at Falafel Mizrachi.
November 9, 2016, 4:27 pm
Israel Blog: Something in the Air Tonight
By Morris L. Maslia
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