Israeli passport דרכון ישראלי | |
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Type | Passport |
Issued by | Ministry of Interior of Israel |
First issued | 1 January 2012 (biometric passport)[1] |
Purpose | Identification |
Eligibility | Israeli citizenship |
Expiration | 1, 5, or 10 years after issuance |
Cost |
The Israeli passport (Hebrew: דַּרְכּוֹן יִשְׂרְאֵלִי Dárkōn Yīśreʾēli; Arabic: جواز سفر إسرائيلي Jawāz Safar Isrāʾīlī) is the travel document issued to citizens of the State of Israel for the purpose of international travel.[3] It grants the bearer visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 170 countries and territories, where they are entitled to the protection of Israeli consular officials.
Although Israelis are allowed multiple citizenship, a government regulation[specify] from 2002 forbids them from using foreign passports when entering or leaving Israeli territory. Holders of the Israeli passport—or, in some cases, a foreign passport that has been used to enter Israel—are entirely prohibited from entering sixteen countries; this restriction includes the country's Arab or Palestinian citizens of Israel.