Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Israel i kēia lā e ʻae ʻo ia i nā kamaʻāina ʻIseraʻela e huakaʻi i Saudi Arabia no ka manawa mua, ma lalo o kekahi mau ʻano i komo pū me nā mea kālepa ʻo ʻIseraʻela e ʻimi nei i nā hoʻopukapuka, i kahi hōʻailona o nā launa hoʻomehana.
ʻO ke Kuhina Kalaiaina ʻIseraʻela ʻo Aryeh Deri, ma hope o ke kūkākūkā ʻana me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka palekana o ka ʻāina, ua hoʻopuka ʻia kahi ʻōlelo e ʻae ʻia ana e ʻae ʻia ka ʻIseraʻela e hele i Saudi Arabia ma lalo o ʻelua mau kūlana: no nā kumu haipule i ka hele malihini ʻana i ka haj, a i ʻole ʻeiwa mau lā no nā kumu ʻoihana e like me ma ke ʻano he hoʻopukapuka a i ʻole he mau hālāwai.
Pono ka poʻe huakaʻi i kahi kono a me ka ʻae mai nā luna Saudi, i ʻōlelo ʻia.
He mau kuʻikahi kuikahi ko ʻIseraʻela me nā ʻāina ʻAlapia ʻelua - ʻAigupita a me Ioredane - akā ʻo ka hopohopo no ka mana o ʻIrani i loko o ia wahi i alakaʻi ʻia ai e nāwaliwali nā pilina me kekahi mau mokuʻāina ʻo Golik hoʻi.
Ke nānā nei ke Kuhina Nui Benjamin Netanyahu e hoʻolilo kālā ma nā pono like e like me ʻIrani ʻoiai ke kūʻai aku nei i nā ʻenehana ʻIseraʻela e hoʻāʻo a hoʻonui i ka maʻamau.
ʻO ka ʻIseraʻela - ʻo ka hapa nui o nā Mahometa e hele ana i ka huakaʻi - ua huakaʻi lākou i Saudi Arabia no nā makahiki he nui akā me ka ʻae kūikawā a i ʻole ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā passport passport.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Israel i kēia lā e ʻae ʻo ia i nā kamaʻāina ʻIseraʻela e huakaʻi i Saudi Arabia no ka manawa mua, ma lalo o kekahi mau ʻano i komo pū me nā mea kālepa ʻo ʻIseraʻela e ʻimi nei i nā hoʻopukapuka, i kahi hōʻailona o nā launa hoʻomehana.
- for religious reasons on pilgrimage on the haj, or for up to nine days for business reasons such as investment or meetings.
- Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, after consulting the country's security establishment, issued a statement saying that Israelis would be allowed to travel to Saudi Arabia under two circumstances.
