Posted on 07/22/2014 3:10:00 PM PDT by Star Traveler
Israel’s Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz said on Tuesday that the just announced cancellation of European and U.S. flights to Israel handed a victory to terrorism.
“There is no reason for the American companies to stop their flight and give a prize to terror,” Katz said, according to Jerusalem Post correspondent Niv Elis.
On Tuesday, four major U.S. airline carriers announced their decision to cancel flights heading to Israel indefinitely, one specifically citing the danger of Gaza rocket attacks near Israel’s Ben Gurion airport.
Shortly after the airlines announced their decision, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it told all U.S. airlines that flights to the airport are prohibited for 24 hours, according to The Associated Press. German carrier Lufthansa nixed all flights to and from Tel Aviv for the next two days, according to an ABC News correspondent, and Air France also suspended its flights to Israel.
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You got it, this could help make EL AL come out smelling sweet as a rose.
You got to clean out that rat’s nest in Gaza.
That sure looks more like that is what Israel could end up doing by from what I have read.
Turns out I was wrong..just read on twitter how it was Obama and his cronies who ordered the FAA to halt travel to Israel so it would put economic pressure on Israel
The FAA ban has been extended for another 24 hours!
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