Does an ISRAELI passport holder need Russian Visa?

I have read in the Israeli press that Israel has started allowing RUSSIAN passport holders as well as Polish ones to ENTER ISRAEL visa free.
I also know that Russia has a new mutual agreement with Poland about this.
Does this also mean that Israeli passport holders no longer require advance visa for Russia?
I tried looking it up on Waytorussia as well as on their Embassy site in Tel Aviv - but without success..
Thanks

Implementation of this measure is still on the way - probably, by September (nobody knows - what will accompany it, may be some extra papers from tourist companies). Check it rather with the Israeli Foreign office (I mean - Russian visa-free status - which is to come simultaneously).

usually, when Rossye has ditto arrangements with other countreis, its only for completely prebooked, all-in travel-agent (and thus very expensive and limited route) holidays. And I thought (but am no expert in that) that Israel as such has visa-free entry for all EU (of which PL is member since 2003 or so)

bmta - I am not sure that this is the case for Thai passport holders, ie that trips need to be prebooked and prearranged. I would assume that the situation for Israelis will be like that for Thais.

Ruth

Press reports referred to include this.

Israel has agreed to start "allowing RUSSIAN passport holders ... to ENTER ISRAEL visa free" - but apparently only 90 days after the agreement on the visafree regime is signed - which might be in March sometime. This will be done in coordination with Russia doing the same visafree courtesy in reverse, I gather, without the restrictions bmta suggested might be imposed. So implementation might be around June 2008.

Apparently (according to some Russian sources), more that 100,000 Russians visit Israel a year - only France (250,000) and the US (500,000) have higher tourist figures to Israel. This is out of a total of 2 million visitors a year in recent years. One concern in Israel might be Muslims with Russian passports.

Immigrants from Russia (and other former Soviet republics) account for over one million of Israel's population according to some sources.

By the way, Poland citizens haven't needed a visa to Israel (or the reverse) for quite some time.

Latest news: Russian Gvt. approved the Russian-Israeli agreement on mutual visa-free regime (Feb, 22). It does mean in the nearest future Russia and Israel will sign up the appropriate agreement.

PS. Hope "nearest future" is March as #4 says. It is good news indeed for I'm planning to continue and expand my Jerusalem pilgrimage, and not in such a tricky way as from Egypt ;-)

just copied that from delta website, for Israelis visa waiver starting June 21:

RUSSIAN FEDERATION (RU)

Effective up to/incl. June 20, 2008:

Passport required.

Visa required. Visas in expired passports are not accepted.

Effective from June 21, 2008:

Passport required.

Visa not required for a max. stay of 90 days.
Passenger must hold onward/return ticket.