Israeli passport

[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.

The first passport was issued to Golda Meir, who at the time worked for the Jewish Agency and was soon to become Israel's ambassador to the Soviet Union (USSR).

[8] The current passport is navy blue and has the Israeli national emblem in the centre of the front cover, below the inscriptions "מדינת ישראל" and "STATE OF ISRAEL" in Hebrew and English, respectively.

Hebrew is the sole official language in Israel and the Israeli government recognizes Arabic as having a non-official special status in the country, but it is not used on passports.

On the back cover of the passport, there is a government advisory written only in Hebrew (English translation below): דרכון זה הוא קניינה של מדינת ישראל והינו מסמך בעל ערך שיש לשמור עליו בקפדנות.

החוק קובע שהמבצע פעולה כזו וכן מי שמשתמש שלא כחוק בדרכון שאינו שלו או מניח לאדם אחר להשתמש שלא כחוק בדרכונו, עובר עבירה פלילית ועלול להיענש.אזרח ישראלי שהוא גם אזרח חוץ ובעל דרכון זר חייב להיכנס לישראל ולצאת ממנה בדרכון או בתעודת מעבר ישראליים.במקרה של אובדן גניבת הדרכון בארץ, על בעל הדרכון להודיע על כך מיד ללשכת רשות האוכלוסין באיזור מגוריו.

בעת השימוש בו, יש להחזיקו בכיס פנימי ובטוח של בגדיך ולא בתיק או במכונית.

ביציאתך לחו"ל מומלץ להצטייד בצילום של דף הפרטים.הדרכון תקף לכל הארצות (אלא אם צוין אחרת) עד לתאריך הרשום בעמוד 2.

לתפקוד מיטבי של מעגלים אלה, נא לא לקפל, לנקב ו/או לחשוף את הדרכון לטמפרטורות גבוהות ו/או ללחות מופרזת.This passport is the property of the State of Israel and is a valuable document which must be preserved carefully.

Israel may issue a travel document (Hebrew: תעודת מעבר Teudat Ma'avar)[9] to a person who does not have any passport or to a new Israeli citizen (ole/ola hadash).

Under the Prevention of Infiltration Law of 1954, the Israeli government designated Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, and Yemen as enemy states.

In 1979, Iran became the first non-Arab country to be designated by Israel as an enemy state, owing to the Islamic Revolution and the subsequent Iran–Israel proxy war.

25 of these are Muslim-majority countries, of which 17 explicitly do not process Israeli passport holders, and a further six of those 17 do not admit entry to non-Israelis with any sort of ties to Israel.

These 17 countries are: The aforementioned six countries—Iran,[36] Kuwait,[37] Lebanon,[38] Libya,[39] Syria[40] and Yemen[41]—do not allow entry to non-Israelis with evidence of travel to Israel, or whose passports have a used or unused Israeli visa.

Front cover of a non-biometric Israeli passport (revoked document with clipped corners), 2008
Personal data page on a non-biometric Israeli passport, 2006
Front cover of an Israeli travel document in lieu of national passport with biometrics, 2023
Visa requirements by country for Israeli citizens:
State of Israel
Visa-free entry
Visa-on-arrival entry
Visa available online or on arrival
Visa required prior to arrival
Travel banned by the Israel government due to safety concerns or admission refused
Overview of restrictions on Israelis' travel freedoms in 2024:
State of Israel
Countries that reject Israeli passports
Countries that reject Israeli passports and non-Israeli passports that have a used/unused Israeli visa stamp or have been used for any form of travel to Israel *
* Included in this category is Iraq , but not Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Region , which does accept Israeli visitors with full freedom of movement (see Israel–Kurdistan Region relations )