Israel to Impose Vaccine Passports for Many Events

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on July 19, 2021. Gil Cohen-Magen/Pool/ AFP via Getty Images

The Israeli government announced that it will impose a COVID-19 vaccine passport system for many events in the country.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced in a statement on Thursday that “as of 8 August, those who refuse vaccines will not be able to go to the cinema, the theater, the synagogue, the amusement park, the soccer game or any activity with over 100 people, indoors or out, unless they bring negative results from a coronavirus test, at their expense.”