Are vaccinations needed to travel to Jerusalem?

Answer 1

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends for travel to Israel that you make sure you are up to date on the standard vaccinations, and also recommends vaccination for Hepatitis A & B. See the related link for more information.

Answer 2

Having personally spent a week in Israel in February 2009, driving a rental car alone

between several major cities and walking the streets alone at night in several major

cities, and

Having personally spent another week in Israel in March 2010, driving a rental car alone

between several major cities and walking the streets alone at night in several major

cities, and

Having numerous friends and acquaintances at least one of whom is visiting Israel at any

given point in time, and

Having a brother who, with his wife and two sons, moved to Israel in 2004 to work at his

US government job, and who is still there with his family because when he retired, it was

the unanimous vote of the family to stay there, and

Having a daughter who moved to Israel with her husband in 2008, now lives there with him

and their two very small children, and also works and attends graduate school in Israel, and

Having noticed that since modern Israel became an independent sovereign nation in 1948,

Lod/Ben Gurion International Airport, located between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem ... arguably

the Number-One Juiciest Target In the World for terrorist insanity ... has never experienced a

successfully-executed terrorist attack against any passenger flight originating or terminating

there,

I can now report the results of this highly unscientific survey:

If, as a tourist, you use your head, and stay away from places that share a boundary

with Israel and are populated primarily by people who have publicly sworn their hate

of you and their dream to destroy you, then you're perfectly safe.

Very much like New York, Chicago, LA, Miami, London, Paris, etc. etc. etc., and

arguably safer than some of those.

Answer 3

It depends on where you visit. The Gaza strip is not safe for many but especially not safe for Jews. Everywhere else is pretty much as safe as anywhere in the US might be, though it also depends on when you go. If you visit in heavy, active wartime it's clearly going to be less safe.

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Another contributor added a few facts that the first answer lacked:

At any moment, there are thousands of tourists from all over the world traveling the

length and width of Israel by bus, train, taxi, and rental car. The highway system is

modern and well marked, and GPS units are available with rental cars.

Not only is it quite safe to enjoy a pleasant tourist visit to Israel, but ..... hold on to

your hat ..... it's also quite safe to live there permanently, work at a job, live in an

apartment or a house, read the newspaper with breakfast, go out for dinner, walk to

the market for groceries, get out to the beach or a movie or a night club once in a while,

marry and raise children, and that's exactly what several million people do over there.

Answer 4

Travel within Israel is quite safe. At any moment, there are thousands of tourists from

all over the world traveling the length and breadth of Israel by bus, train, taxi, or rental

car. The highway system is modern and well marked, and GPS units are available with

rental cars.

Not only is it quite safe to enjoy a pleasant tourist visit to Israel, but ..... hold on to

your hat ..... it's also quite safe to live there permanently, work at a job, live in an

apartment or a house, read the newspaper with breakfast, go out for dinner, walk to

the market for groceries, get out to the beach or a movie or a night club once in a while,

marry and raise children, and that's exactly what several million people do over there.

Answer 5

Jerusalem is a relatively safe city, but like all major metropolitan areas, you need to be careful about which neighborhood you are going to. There are a number of neighborhoods in East Jerusalem that can be less than appealing, especially at night, but most of West Jerusalem and the Old City is safe. Just be careful, like you would in any other city.

Answer 6

As with the rest of Israel, if you stick to the Jewish parts you should be okay and have a good experience. We Israelis will welcome you warmly.

A family was attacked in the Palestinian Wadi Joz neighborhood the other night, so you'll want to familiarize yourself with the layout of the city, whether online or with a map or through friends. Jewish Jerusalem is much safer than many cities in America or France.

Answer 7

Yes it is. The chances of anything happening to you are remote.

Answer 8

yes, its safe. believe me, i have been there many times :)

Answer 9

Not at the moment.