Timing of legislation leaves gap with no supervision on returnees; hotels to only be used for those who refuse bracelets or can't isolate at home

In pilot program, location monitor will be distributed to 100 people arriving in Israel from abroad

Outgoing president says entry curbs from much of Europe and Brazil to be lifted from Jan. 26, but spokesperson for Biden says plans are actually to tighten restrictions

Germany, Austria, Belgium, others reportedly fear document will create indirect obligation to get inoculated; Israel said set to expand shots to those aged 45+, as cases stay high

The story of Schloss Schulzendorf, built by a Berlin department store owner in 1889, confiscated by the Third Reich, obscured by the Soviets, restituted, abandoned, rediscovered

Airports Authority says current restrictions, under which entry granted only to nationals or those obtaining special permit from Immigration Authority, to stay in force

Plan would reportedly see flights to Greece and Cyprus initially, before expanding to other European countries that have managed to beat back virus

Before a trip to Prague in college, Drew 'Binsky' Goldberg had only left the US to go on a Birthright trip to Israel. Eight years later, he's 5 countries shy of visiting all 193

'This city surprised me,' Jacky Chen says of Israeli capital, after traveling through 64 countries over the last 4 years and planning to continue to Africa and Asia next

Hollywood screenwriter Justin Zackham literally coined the term 'bucket list.' Now he, his wife, and kids are 21 countries into their goal -- and just may earn a world record title