How Much Does It Cost to Call Israel from the United States?
Calling Israel from the United States with Kinvo costs $0.20 per minute to landlines and $0.57 per minute to mobile phones, plus a one-time $0.05 connection fee when the call is answered. There is no subscription and credits never expire. Rates checked September 10, 2026.
The rate is set by the destination, not by where you are calling from: a call to Israelcosts the same from New York as from anywhere else. What changes with the origin is the time difference and how the number is dialled, both covered below.
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What $5, $10 and $20 buy
| Top-up | Israel landline ($0.20/min) | Israel mobile ($0.57/min) |
|---|---|---|
| $5 | about 24 minutes | about 8 minutes |
| $10 | about 49 minutes | about 17 minutes |
| $20 | about 99 minutes | about 35 minutes |
Minutes are after the $0.05 connection fee and rounded down. Kinvo bills whole minutes; unused credit stays in your account.
Cost by call length
| Call length | To a landline | To a mobile |
|---|---|---|
| 5 minutes | $1.05 | $2.90 |
| 10 minutes | $2.05 | $5.75 |
| 30 minutes | $6.05 | $17.15 |
| 60 minutes | $12.05 | $34.25 |
Each figure is the per-minute rate times the length plus the one-time $0.05 connection fee. Unanswered calls are free.
Time difference and when to call
Tel Aviv is 7 hours ahead of New York. A good window is 7 AM–2 PM New York time, which is 2 PM–9 PM in Tel Aviv.
2 AM–10 AM US Eastern = 9 AM–5 PM in Tel Aviv (Israel is UTC+2 / UTC+3 with DST). Sunday is a workday in Israel; Friday is a half-day.
US Eastern (UTC−5, UTC−4 in summer); Israel is UTC+2 (IST / IDT in summer). Times below use US Eastern; subtract 1 hour for Central, 2 for Mountain, 3 for Pacific.
How to dial Israel from the United States
- In Kinvo, enter +972 followed by the number, dropping the leading 0 that Israel numbers carry domestically. For example: +972 50 123 4567.
- From a regular American phone you would dial 011 972 50 123 4567 — the browser skips the exit code because it dials in international format directly.
- Israel mobile numbers start with 5 after the country code, which is how Kinvo picks the mobile rate.
Drop the leading 0 from Israeli numbers. Tel Aviv area code is 03 (becomes +972 3). Mobile numbers start with 05 (becomes +972 5). Hebrew and Arabic are the official languages. The work week is Sunday to Thursday. Israel observes daylight saving time. Business hours are 8 AM to 5 PM.
Full dialing guide: how to call Israel. Number formats and area codes: Israel country code. All rates: Israel calling rates.
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