Holy Exposures » israel customs red line http://holyexposures.com/wordpress Commentary and Photos of Israel Sun, 06 Feb 2011 10:57:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Bringing an iPad to Israel? Don’t bother… Apr 25 Update! http://holyexposures.com/wordpress/2010/04/16/bringing-an-ipad-to-israel-dont-bother/ http://holyexposures.com/wordpress/2010/04/16/bringing-an-ipad-to-israel-dont-bother/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:37:09 +0000 admin http://holyexposures.com/wordpress/?p=978 Thinking of having an iPad shipped to Israel? Asking your parents to shlep one back on their next trip?
Think twice…

Israel has officially declared Apple’s iPad unwanted for now. Israel Customs has begun confiscating iPads from travellers and incoming mail shipments. Even (and especially) if you go to the red line to declare your new Apple toy, it will still be confiscated.
Israel’s government communications office hasn’t given any specific reasons other than that the USA model includes WiFi support that is not allowed in Israel.

Update: Israel iPad Ban Lifted April 25
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/04/25/why-israel-lifted-its-ipad-ban/
Israel lifted the ban on importing iPads. Apparently, Israel’s Communications Ministry was contacted by Apple’s technology labs to verify that wi-fi technologies present in the device will not affect military or other Israeli concerns.

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