Traveling to Israel (Tel Aviv)

[Anonymous]

You should have a great trip. Travel insurance. Most modern hotels have bomb shelters, if necessary. Enjoy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You'll be quite safe and will have no issues if you obey their laws, same as anywhere else.

The delusion continues. . .not sure what will break it for some people.

Histrionic much?

[Anonymous]

Go and have a great time, it’s a beautiful place full of history.

[Anonymous]

I'm surprised that your work would send you to a country with significant safety risks (I say this as a Jew who has been to Israel). I know people who were there this summer during the bombings and were stuck and it was a horrific experience. Is the trip truly necessary? If so, I agree with the advice around avoiding public transport, crowded markets, etc. Will you have a local to help guide you? Israel is a very special and beautiful place, but I can't say I'd go right now...

[Anonymous]

You are safer than anywhere in Tel Aviv.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You'll be quite safe and will have no issues if you obey their laws, same as anywhere else.

The delusion continues. . .not sure what will break it for some people.

Histrionic much?

Perhaps you should ask for the extraordinarily invasive body searches conducted by a kid just out of high school next time you depart Ben Gurion and get back to me. Oh right, they don't do those to Jews because it's a Jewish supremacy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised that your work would send you to a country with significant safety risks (I say this as a Jew who has been to Israel). I know people who were there this summer during the bombings and were stuck and it was a horrific experience. Is the trip truly necessary? If so, I agree with the advice around avoiding public transport, crowded markets, etc. Will you have a local to help guide you? Israel is a very special and beautiful place, but I can't say I'd go right now...

Was this written 20 years ago? You do not have to avoid public transportation or crowded markets. Probably safer in crowds there than you are in the US.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised that your work would send you to a country with significant safety risks (I say this as a Jew who has been to Israel). I know people who were there this summer during the bombings and were stuck and it was a horrific experience. Is the trip truly necessary? If so, I agree with the advice around avoiding public transport, crowded markets, etc. Will you have a local to help guide you? Israel is a very special and beautiful place, but I can't say I'd go right now...

Was this written 20 years ago? You do not have to avoid public transportation or crowded markets. Probably safer in crowds there than you are in the US.

Ummmm… ok? So you need to make sure your hotel has a bomb shelter on every floor but everything else is perfectly safe? Gotcha. I’d avoid those things but have at it next time you go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve traveled to Israel before on business but I wouldn’t go now. They are waging a genocide and claiming it’s necessary for their own security, so why put your own safety at risk. Do a Teams call if you must deal with them at all.

+1

[Anonymous]

I have a friend who lives there with her family including young kids and though it's harrowing at times she is and feels safe. She feels put through the wringer though.

So while I know that and believe her (I am a white dark blonde non-descript female), I wouldn't be comfortable going mostly because I don't know the ins and outs of what to do and how it works, nor am I comfortable proactively traveling to a war zone to take a side, appearance-wise.

[Anonymous]

The risk from successful terror within Israel is extremely low, likely less than the risk of accidental injury in a vehicle accident or other mishap of the type which can occur anywhere in the world. Few countries are as well-prepared to respond effectively to threats, especially post Oct 7. No reason to worry at this point but situational awareness makes sense in case things change. That advice holds true for global travel to any destination, since political instability, military threats, internal civil unrest, outbreaks of disease and other bad things can happen anywhere, any time.

[Anonymous]

Israel is safe because they’ve imprisoned their neighbors. You’d be physically fine if you went, just morally bankrupt.

[Anonymous]

Threads like OP’s are just part of an ongoing effort to normalize dealings with Israelis while Israel is brutally killing kids in Gaza on a daily basis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go and have a great time, it’s a beautiful place full of history.

It is a rare moment to experience history in the making—be a part of the genocide action! Be a part of this generation’s Holocaust! A big, beautiful, historic place. Have a GREAT time!