The Foreign Ministry is satisfied: the World Cup went almost without incident

Success for the “Safe World Cup” campaign. Thousands of tourists from Israel, with a limited number of consular emergencies

During the World Cup games in Qatar, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs team in Doha handled, among other things, a medical emergency of an Israeli citizen who needed treatment at a local hospital and was then flown for further treatment in Israel.

This event joins the general activity of the consular team, which was sent to Qatar during the World Cup games.
The team handled about ten consular emergencies, most of which involved issuing a travel document after a lost or stolen passport.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs points to the success of the “Safe World Cup” campaign of the national information system, together with the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Culture and Sports, the Airports Authority and the Football Association and notes that the messages to the Israeli audience reached exposure more than 9 million times, with in practice about one and a half million unique users (individuals ) were exposed to the relevant messages in Hebrew and Arabic (about 3 million in a differentiated manner).

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Iris Ambor, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs team for the World Cup: “With the end of the World Cup games and the return of the Israeli fans to Israel, we are happy to say that the entire event went off almost without problems. We are full of appreciation for the visitors from Israel who kept themselves and acted with discretion throughout the period,” added Ambor, ” Soccer in general and the World Cup in particular, is a huge thing. We are proud that through our actions we have contributed to the ability of Israeli citizens to watch the World Cup in Qatar itself, to arrive on direct flights and receive, when necessary, professional and courteous consular treatment as part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ assistance to thousands of Israelis a year all over the world. We also thank To FIFA and the organizers for the cooperation and for the exemplary organization of a global football celebration.”