Can I pass Israeli airport security using only my Israeli passport and then check in using another?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 26 Jul, 2023
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As you probably know, at the entrance to the Departures Area in Ben Gurion there is (or at least was) a bilingual sign which states in English, “Please present ticket and boarding pass”, but which states in Hebrew “Please present ticket, boarding pass, and [Army] draft certificate”. I saw with my own eyes a young American/Israeli dual citizen being taken from that checkpoint, for having tried to leave on her USA passport without the requisite permission from the Israel Defense Forces. I suspect the security database will be well aware of your nationalities. I suggest you use your Israeli passport except that you give the check-in clerk your third-party passport and tell the clerk you have two passports, so she sees you do not need a visa. (You could even stick with the Israeli passport, if you are going to a country where Israelis do not need a visa.)
I do not hold Israeli citizenship. The question I was always asked is if I speak Hebrew.
As far as I know, you won’t be demanded to show all your passports as long you have Israeli citizenship and you passing with an Israeli passport. You must enter Israel with an Israeli passport and you should use it for exiting Israel.
Don’t be afraid of questions about other nationalities or passports. They can always ask you which countries you visited disregard your nationalities and I do not suggest to lie for security, they are too good at busting liers.
I could obviously use my Israeli passport with the interview-clearance sticker when approaching the immigration exit gate, and then my other passport when boarding the plane
DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT THIS!
No, you cannot board an Israeli plane without a security check sticker so this trick won’t work.
It will be better to answer unpleasant questions about your other countries visits rather than be caught on passport shuffling trick because after that much more unpleasant questions will be followed.
Please note!
If you visited countries forbidden for Israeli citizens like Iran you better ask legal advice, do not take such risks.
Update:
Thanks to user @phoog, that reminded me that such security checks (that marks your passport with a special sticker) are not only in Israeli airports but in any airports around the globe where Israeli airlanes are landed (relevant for Israeli airlines and obviously there is no Israeli security in the airports located in the forbidden countries for visit of Israeli citizens.)
I’ve flown out of Ben Gurion a few times and I remember being asked about other nationalities during every exit interview. Thus I suspect that you will get asked the same question while leaving the country.
If you want to hide your passport stamps from Israeli immigration, the only safe bet is to leave the passport in question in a different country and pick it up once you leave Israel. Given how strict border security is in Israel I wouldn’t take my chances otherwise.
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