Regardless of what the FAA can or cannot order, no airline is going to accept the liability (in the eyes of a civil-suit jury) of operating "against FAA orders".
Wonder if travelers insurance will pay for all of those that were taking vacations to the area.
I had been planning a trip there for October but have totally given up on that idea for now.
Sending more traffic to El Al is a funny way of tightening the screws.
Only because of fear after what happened last week that is why, really.