 Hello friends and subscribers, welcome back to my YouTube channel Daniel Rossell bringing you this video today from Jerusalem on the 4th of December According to my calendar No the 14th That shows you I'm on the verge of insanity I don't even know the date to the nearest 10 days It's the 14th of December Which means we're 10 days from Christmas Which is quite exciting And also means I had a funny, funny story to just diverge before we get into this video today The Jerusalem municipality in July In the heat of the Middle Eastern summer Put up Apparently by accident Christmas decorations Willy Wonka style candy canes Stars and stuff like that Very, very Christmassy And it was quite funny at the time And it's been quite funny ever since And now it's finally appropriate So after looking at these Christmas decorations for verging on 6 months The claim is that someone, and I think this is probably what actually happened That someone at the Jerusalem municipality bought these without understanding the Christian symbolism But now they're just kind of nice So we have a festive Christmas atmosphere in downtown Jerusalem As we've had for the last 6 months But at least it's seasonally appropriate now I want to talk today about these recommendations from the National Security Council for Travel X Israel I just want to say firstly that my YouTube channel is needless to say not a source of official travel information So do not act on these or I should say verify these But I do, I did want to highlight these because I think they're important for Israelis To be aware of where it's not recommended to go currently And where it's less not recommended Personally, I'm not traveling I was actually, I traveled back to Israel when the war broke out from Spain And I don't feel right about the idea of traveling Not just because it's risky, but because it's such a volatile situation here And I don't think any of us know how it's going to play out and change at any time So that's been my personal decision, but everyone makes their own one about what's appropriate But we do have these sort of official recommendations from this government body called the National Security Council And these were promulgated on the 4th of December So just to make the point that these aren't like the official Well, firstly, they're 10 days out of date So if you're watching this after that point, check to see if they've been updated and they're not binding So like, you know this, they just make recommendations for where they think Israelis should not travel Or to not travel less But they're not going to like pull you off a plane to say, hey, we told you not to go to Paris What are you doing? Get off the plane That won't happen So, but anyway, I want to just kind of read through their advice because I think, you know Many of us have business relationships or family relationships in other countries and might need to travel So I'm just going to read this sort of communique Since the beginning of Operation Swords of Fire in the National Security Council Has been conducting ongoing situational assessments together with the Israeli security organizations Consequently, an announcement was released to the public on November 3rd 2023 Listing recommendations for the conduct of Israelis are brought at this time And emphasizing the threat level in several countries The threat level in dozens of countries has been changed Detailed on the website The threat level for many countries in Western Europe Including the UK, France and Germany And South America including Brazil and Argentina As well as Australia and Russia Has been raised to a level 2 threat With the recommendation to exercise increased precaution And the threat level for countries in Africa Including South Africa and Eritrea And Central Asia including Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kurdistan and Turkmenistan Has been raised to a level 3 With the recommendation to reconsider non-essential travel to these countries Since the beginning of the war We have identified efforts by Iran and its proxies Including Hamas and global Jihad factions To harm Israeli and Jewish targets around the world And there is an increased and significant rise in its incitement Attempted attacks and manifestations of anti-Semitism In many countries And this is the important bit I think Therefore the NSC reiterates and underlines the recommendation To weigh the essentiality of travel at this time For Israeli citizens travelling abroad We recommend choosing their destinations wisely While exercising recommended precautionary measures Wherever they are and examining their conduct In light of the recommendations detailed in the NSC website And especially Postponing travel to countries for which travel warnings have been issued Particularly Arab and Middle Eastern countries The North Caucasus bordering Iran And several Muslim countries And then they also recommend that you check Whether there have been anti-Israel protests at the destination Even in countries for which no travel warnings have been issued They recommend that you stay away from the demonstrations And the protests where they take place They recommend that you remain alert while you're abroad And just keep vigilant And they recommend and this is sad But understandable Avoid openly displaying your Israeli and Jewish identities And any relevant symbols And staying away from Israeli and Jewish gatherings So I just want to point out how wild this is That the Israeli government is recommending This is an Israeli government website Gov.iL body Is recommending that Israelis and Jews Hide their Israeli and Jewish identity Wherever they are in the world That is actually the official recommendation Of the Israeli government at this point in time Crazy, you would have thought it And then they are just to finish off the Communique, finding out in advance the phone numbers For emergency services in the destination country Okay, what I wanted to show also was just the travel map There's two files linked off to in this communique As I'm calling it This one here, they show you the What, it's an alphabetized list by country And you can see what the warning was Before October 7th And what it's been raised to Was an existing travel level of 1 And they've recommended Upping Albania to level 3 Curiously where Ireland is Ireland was 1, which is like the lowest threat level I think 4 is the highest But we'll find out in the map Let's just see, we can find out the map now actually Yeah, level 4 is the highest So it's a 1 to 4 scale 1 to 4 scale So Ireland was 1, which was no threat And now it's been raised to 2 Which is potential threat That sends to me personally So let's take a look at just the map I'm going to go over quickly I'll just mush myself out of the screen a bit So you can see the map more clearly So North America is Currently on, again This is just accurate as on October 4th The US was Is actually 1 as well as Mexico and Canada But Latin America is Higher for the most part With Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia 2 to 4 And other parts of South America level 1 Moving over to Europe We can see that it's a threat level 2 For lots of Europe Ireland, the UK, France, Spain Germany, Italy And then again This is like kind of a heat map So 4 is the highest So we can see that Turkey is a 4 Africa is a 4 Some countries Have different threat levels That's where they get different shades Other parts of Africa only 2 South America 3 And then moving into Asia Japan and Mongolia are the Considered to be the less dangerous Parts of Asia for Israeli travellers For whatever reason I don't know There are 1 where China is on 2 Iran and Afghanistan Clearly are on 4 That makes abundant sense And Australia there is level 2 That raises the scale Being used here 1 is that there is no travel threat Currently So that's for example Japan Level 2 is where they Say there is a potential threat For example Ireland Moderate threat is level 3 For instance Indonesia and Papua New Guinea And the high threat level is level 4 And an example would be Iran and Afghanistan So that's how Those are the current recommendations Valid October 4th but as I say They're subject to change And it's a good idea if you are an Israeli Person thinking about travelling Really anywhere in the world at this time I would look up the latest recommendations And heed what they say including the Points about staying away from demos And unfortunately Very very sad that people have to Disguise their Jewish identities But also Israeli identities That would be like speaking Hebrew So these are definitely difficult times But the National Security Councillor NSC is helping to guide People towards making the most Prudent decisions possible in these Circumstances. 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