Following a yearlong lobbying effort on behalf of the battered Israel education travel sector, the Israeli government passed a resolution on Sunday aimed at providing critical support for the field during times of crisis.

 

The move, which came at Sunday’s Cabinet meeting as part of this week’s national Diaspora Week, clears the way for the government to fund the sector, which has been hammered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Gaza in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks and the June 2025 war with Iran, as well as the current conflicts with the Islamic Republic and Hezbollah. And it comes as travel providers struggle with operational costs that have soared 70-80% since 2019 as a result of the rising costs of travel, spiking gas prices and the sudden surge of the shekel against the dollar.

 

Speaking with eJP Monday morning, Anna Langer, IETA’s executive director, praised the passing of this resolution as “an extraordinary act of Jewish Peoplehood.”

 

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