who forced them?
An agency like this would not have reversed a decision like this - this quickly - without being forced to. There was pressure from ex-NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg and his grandstanding, and Secretary of State John Kerry flying to Tel Aviv to make his very public point. As I’m sure you know, the SOS serves at the pleasure of the President, so it’s also hard to believe obama/valjar didn’t play a role here as well. This had to be only the tip of the iceburg.
At the very least, the FAA should have waited for things to cool down to the point where another missle would be unlikely to make its way so close to the airport.