If you’re planning a trip to Israel, be sure to leave your iPad at home. This week, Israel became the first country to ban the import of iPads – even by tourists bringing in their own personal devices. Israeli technology and communications officials are concerned that the iPad uses higher Wi-Fi signals than Israel and European standards allow, potentially causing Wi-Fi systems to be overwhelmed or to interfere with other electronic devices.
This isn’t the first time Israel has given Apple the cold shoulder–Apple’s iPhone was not allowed in the country until December of last year over similar concerns. 
So far 10 iPads have been confiscated and the owners have been given the choice of paying a storage fee until they leave the country or shipping the iPad home on their own dime.
Apple has delayed the international launch of the iPad by one month due to overwhelming demand here in the U.S. Apple says the international version of the iPad will comply with the lower Wi-Fi standards and are hopeful the iPad will soon proliferate across Israel.
