The strikes are hitting home -dh stuck across the ocean!

amother

Mon, Mar 27 2023, 5:39 am

We're planning on travelling for pesach on Sunday iyh.
Dh was supposed to come home today, his flight got cancelled Sad

I have no clue where we're being for pesach
Davening that we spend the yom tov together beh!
How were you personally affected by all those protesters?

amother

Blueberry

Mon, Mar 27 2023, 5:41 am

His flight got cancelled to Israel or from Israel?

Sorry! I hope everything works out!!

amother

Mon, Mar 27 2023, 5:44 am

amother Blueberry wrote:

His flight got cancelled to Israel or from Israel?

Sorry! I hope everything works out!!

To Israel it got cancelled last minute.
I guess they don't want to fly back empty, since there are no outgoing flights.

Elfrida

Mon, Mar 27 2023, 5:50 am

The airport isn't accepting any incoming flights, except those that were already in the air when they declared a strike.

My father is meant to come on Wednesday, so hoping things will have settled a bit by then.

amother

Molasses

Mon, Mar 27 2023, 5:56 am

My cousin is stuck in the airport. She was meant to leave israel for a trip she worked hard for and saved up for. I hope she doesn’t lose it completely.

jerusalem90

Mon, Mar 27 2023, 6:04 am

Can he take a boat to Cyprus, then fly out of their airport? Even if Cyprus doesn't have frequent flights to the US, he should be able to connect to somewhere like Italy that does...

Or take a taxi to Amman (Jordan) and fly out of that airport? I've flown out of Jordan before as do many Jews including obviously religious Jews.

At least the borders aren't closed, so this is not the same as in 2020 lockdown when you really could not legally get out.

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cnc

Mon, Mar 27 2023, 6:05 am

Since when are there no outgoing flights? I know people that left Israel today .

giftedmom

Mon, Mar 27 2023, 6:07 am

jerusalem90 wrote:

Or Egypt

keym

Mon, Mar 27 2023, 6:08 am

Im asking seriously as an outsider.

It seems like this is the tourist "busy season". Pesach in Israel.
So how long realistically are strikes going to last that are actively destroyed the tourism economy

Elfrida

Mon, Mar 27 2023, 6:13 am

cnc wrote:

Since when are there no outgoing flights? I know people that left Israel today .

Since about mid morning.

They probably took people who had already checked in.

jerusalem90

Mon, Mar 27 2023, 6:19 am

giftedmom wrote:

Or Egypt

Possible, but less practical. Amman, where Jordan's international airport is, is really quite a short drive from Jerusalem (and thus central Israel as well). Cairo, not so much.

Elfrida

Mon, Mar 27 2023, 6:27 am

jerusalem90 wrote:

Possible, but less practical. Amman, where Jordan's international airport is, is really quite a short drive from Jerusalem (and thus central Israel as well). Cairo, not so much.

But a unique opportunity to experience יציאת מצרים!

salt

Tue, Mar 28 2023, 10:48 pm

keym wrote:

Until the government backs down and cancels the judicial reform...
These left wing activists are brutal.
On the other hand, they are probably hurting their own 'side' more than the other, since it's more the secular left wing that fly abroad for the chagim, than the religious/ right wing.

DrMom

Tue, Mar 28 2023, 10:57 pm

salt wrote:

The airport reopened Sunday evening.

amother

Blonde

Wed, Mar 29 2023, 3:08 am

That’s good to hear. (And also, that my daughter can travel now.) BH!

amother

Iris

Wed, Mar 29 2023, 3:44 am

B"H!

Crazy left wingers out of control tactics!
Scorched earth policy to get their goals by any means possible R"L.

amother

Iris

Wed, Mar 29 2023, 4:47 am

sorry but we would not be comfortable going into cairo or jordan in order to fly in or out.
also if protesters can shut down BG airport theres a bigger issue at hand here.