Israel has barred two U.S. ultra-rectangular families from entering the country after it was granted entry licenses by the Ministerial Exceptions Committee.
The first family of 13 was deported to New York Wednesday night, while the People and Immigration Authority investigated further actions against the second family of seven whose mother is an Israeli citizen.
Ben Gurion Airport has been closed to all commercial flights to combat new coronavirus changes, with all entrants requiring written permission from the Exceptions Committee to go. into Israel through one of the rescue missions in the country.
As a result of the large number of Israelis who emigrated. However, the waiting time for such a permit is often long.
“I submitted three applications to allow me to return from the work trip I was on,” said Shlomi, who waited two weeks for approval. “It was clear to me after a week that to lose two of my applications. I had to wait, submit documents over and over again and fight for a plane ticket while some organizations decided to create a permit. “
The Population and Immigration Authority said in response, “Two families landed on a United flight that landed from New York. One family of 13 foreign nationals issued import licenses and was granted a permit of entry. denied them. “
“The second family whose mother is an Israeli citizen, their father is a foreign national and six children, also with false licenses. Their case is handled in a special way according to their particular situation. In any case, the police were called to deal with the pressure of the criminal documents. “
On Tuesday, it was reported that eleven people who landed at Ben Gurion Airport on a New York El El rescue flight on Sunday tested positive for coronavirus after revealing a false negative test that required board the aircraft.