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The Israeli government on Friday called on residents to reconsider traveling abroad, and to avoid displaying Israeli and Jewish symbols while traveling.
The National Security Command of the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said – in a joint statement – that they call for increased precautions when traveling abroad.
She explained, “This comes in light of the increasing number of manifestations of anti-Semitism and incidents of violence against Israelis and Jews around the world.”
She pointed out that these manifestations emerged against the backdrop of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip. She added that these events are taking place in many countries around the world, including those for which there is no travel warning.
She pointed out that “Jewish communities, religious and community institutions, synagogues and Israeli companies, along with missions and airports from which flights from Israel take off and land, constitute a major target for anti-Semitic elements, due to protest events and attempts at harm,” as she put it.
She continued, “The National Security Headquarters calls for consideration of the necessity of traveling abroad these days.” It recommended “postponing travel to countries that have travel warnings, with a focus on the Arab countries, the Middle East, the North Caucasus, and the countries surrounding Iran.”
Avoid protests
The National Security Command called for checking the status of protests and manifestations of violence against Israel in the chosen destination, even in countries that do not have a travel warning. She urged avoiding highlighting Israeli and Jewish symbols.
She called for staying away from demonstrations and protests, remaining alert while staying at the destination, and paying attention to what is happening around it.
On October 21, Israel intensified warnings to its citizens against traveling to Egypt, Jordan, and Morocco, after protests spread in a number of Arab and Islamic countries denouncing the Israeli war on… Gaza.
More than 230,000 Jews have left Israel since the operation “Al-Aqsa Flood”The number of departures is expected to increase with the continuation of the war in the Gaza Strip, the escalation of tension on the northern front with Lebanon, and the continuing confrontations in the occupied West Bank.
These statistics were revealed in the fourth week of the war on Gaza, through a report by the newspaper “De Marker”, which reviews for the first time the phenomenon of immigration from Israel in light of the war and security tension, by documenting testimonies of families who chose to emigrate from the country out of fear and to escape the security tension. .
For 28 days, the Israeli army has continued a devastating war on Gaza, in which about 10,000 Palestinians were martyred, including about 4,000 children and 2,405 women, and more than 23,500 were injured. 145 Palestinians were martyred and about 2,070 were arrested in the West Bank, according to official Palestinian sources.
