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# ISRAEL: MOT Restricts Flight Crew Members from 27 Countries from Operating Flights to Israel
- URL: https://insideaviation.news/israel-mot-restricts-flight-crew-members-from-27-countries-from-operating-flights-to-israel/
- Published: 2026-10-06T07:38:57.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T07:46:31.000Z
- Description: JERUSALEM, Israel Transportation Ministry issued tightened rules for foreign airlines flying to Israel. Rules bar crew members holding citizenship in countries without formal diplomatic relations from operating or traveling on Israel-bound flights.
- Author: Inside Aviation News
- Tags: Israel, aviation security, Aeropolitics, aviation safety

JERUSALEM, Israel

- Israel's Transportation Ministry has tightened rules for foreign airlines flying to Israel following [the recent flydubai flight FZ1073 attempted hijacking](https://insideaviation.news/saudi-arabia-flydubai-dubai-tel-aviv-flight-lands-in-saudi-arabia-after-cockpit-altercation/).
- Rules bar crew members holding citizenship in countries without formal diplomatic relations from operating or traveling on Israel-bound flights.
- Enforcement had previously failed.
- Pilots and aircrew from Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, and Pakistan have flown into Israel in recent years.
- Interior Ministry receives passenger and crew lists only after aircraft takeoff.
- Ministry sent notice to foreign carriers including US airlines on Sunday.
- Citizens of 27 countries are barred from piloting or boarding flights to and from Israel.
- Affected countries are: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Brunei, Comoros, Cuba, Djibouti, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Venezuela, and Yemen.
- Crew members holding single or dual citizenship from these countries must contact airline scheduling departments.

**Sources:**

- [Timesofisrael](https://www.timesofisrael.com/eisenkot-bennett-demand-regevs-ouster-over-security-failures-exposed-by-flydubai-attack/?ref=insideaviation.news)
- [Mako](https://www.mako.co.il/news-military/2026%5Fq4/Article-ef8023bfed701a1026.htm?ref=insideaviation.news)