Assisted Departure Options for U.S. Citizens

Message From State Department 

THE ORTHODOX JEWISH CHAMBER TIRELESSLY ADVOCATED THE US GOVERNMENT FOR EMERGENCY EVACUATION FLEET AND WE ARE PROUD TO SHARE THE 

STATE DEPARTMENTS ANNOUNCEMENT OF EMERGENCY EVACUATION FLIGHTS.

We Will Keep You Posted as We Get The Final Briefing Tonight From Washington With Additional Info

A Special Thank you To Congressman Chris Smith & Congressman Andy Kim of NJ 

The situation in Israel is still unpredictable; mortar and rocket fire may take place without warning. Please continue to follow the instructions of security and emergency response officials. 

Commercial flights are available but limited. If you wish to leave Israel, we encourage you to take advantage of those options now. U.S. carriers have temporarily suspended flights to Israel, if you choose to depart, you will need to fly to an intermediate location and book onward travel from there to the United States. 

We understand there is high demand from U.S. citizens wishing to depart and the flight options are reduced. In the coming days we hope to assist U.S. citizens with transportation options to depart Israel. Due to the large numbers of U.S. citizens indicating interest in departure assistance, we will plan to offer transit over several days. If you choose to take this departure assistance, transportation may be by air or sea and will be to a nearby safe location and not to the United States. Travelers should be prepared to arrange their own lodging at the safe location and pay for their own onward travel from the third country to their chosen destination. Departure assistance is provided via a loan from the U.S. government which requires travelers to sign a promissory note (an agreement to repay) prior to departure. 

If you wish to depart with U.S. government assistance, you MUST reply to this email address asap cacms@state.gov.   Only individuals who reply to this email will receive further information.  In your reply, you must include the names of your U.S. citizen family members who would like to depart, as well as a valid phone number that we may use to call you. Email will remain our primary method of communication with you. 

Please check your email frequently and stay alert to new messages from us with specific instructions for departure. Please check your spam/junk folder in case our message is filtered by your email system. 

If you are are not registered in the State Departments crisis system do so immediately https://cacms.state.gov/s/crisis-intake please register your family members seeking evacuation information at this link asap . If you are aware of additional U.S. citizens seeking to be in touch with the U.S. Embassy in Israel, please click this link for our crisis intake form , or call 1-833-890-9595 (toll free) 606-641-0131 (U.S. local) 03-519-7426(Israel local). For the latest security alert regarding Israel, please click here . 

Remember, if you need assistance to depart Israel with U.S. government assistance: 

Reply to this email address cacms@state.gov

Include the names of your U.S. citizen family members who would like to depart. 

Provide a valid phone number that we may use to call you.