Follow May. 10, 2021 Many desperate Americans living in Israel say they and their families are trapped in the country, unable to plan long-anticipated trips to visit relatives in the United States. That’s because, due to a massive COVID-19 backlog and remaining restrictions, it is virtually impossible to obtain an appointment at the U.S. Embassy to renew expired passports for Americans – children and adults – whose last passport was issued when they were a minor, or to register a newborn child with American parents as a U.S. citizen and obtain a first passport. Even more frustrated th...