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El Al says there is 'no chance' it will cancel flights to, from Israel
The Jerusalem Post ^
| Tuesday, July 22, 2014
| Niv Elis and Lahav Harkov
Posted on 07/22/2014 3:51:48 PM PDT by Star Traveler
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Israel Transportation Minister: Cancellation of Flights to Israel Gives a Prize to Terror
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3183687/posts
http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/07/22/israel-transportation-minister-cancellation-of-u-s-flights-to-israel-is-a-prize-to-terror/
Israels 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 Israels 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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posted on
07/22/2014 3:53:46 PM PDT
by
Star Traveler
(Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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posted on
07/22/2014 3:54:11 PM PDT
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Star Traveler
(Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
To: Star Traveler
the Federal Aviation Authority banned US airlines from traveling to and from Ben Gurion Airport Smells like Obama.
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posted on
07/22/2014 3:54:37 PM PDT
by
libertylover
(The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
To: Star Traveler
Once again...The Terroristas win.
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posted on
07/22/2014 3:54:46 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: Star Traveler
:-) El Al is the best..more expensive but worth it..you will never get on a safer airline than El Al
To: Star Traveler
Dang man. I love Israel. The only sane country right now.
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posted on
07/22/2014 3:56:41 PM PDT
by
PapaNew
(Freedom always wins the debate in the forum of ideas)
To: Star Traveler
If you ever notice an El Al jet parked at any U.S. airport, you might notice they have around-the-clock armed security in place.
El Al is safer because, among other defensive measures, they have missile defense systems on their aircraft.
And we will too, sometime after the first American airliner is shot down.
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posted on
07/22/2014 3:57:22 PM PDT
by
zipper
(In Their Heart Of Hearts, Every Democrat Is A Communist.)
To: Star Traveler
To: Star Traveler
There is a difference between the leader of Israel and the leaders of the US and Europe.
Strong, fearless, determined versus the 1930’s whimps, whusses, cowards, yellow-bellies, spineless jellyfish.
Who would you want to be our leader today, Netanyahu or Obama/Kerry/Hagel, Merkel, Hollande?, etc.?
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07/22/2014 4:10:45 PM PDT
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Izzy Dunne
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To: Star Traveler
I will fly El Al when I go, I have been wanting to go
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posted on
07/22/2014 4:11:00 PM PDT
by
yldstrk
( My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: Star Traveler
The FAA does not use NOTAMS to prohibit flights over various international routes. The reason they are called "Notices to Airman" is that they are "be careful, or be aware" notices. The way the FAA did this today is extremely political. Because they do not have the authority to close a route that is established by multilateral agreements between countries - they simply made it against the law for U.S. certificated airmen from operating in Israeli airspace. As well they did the same for U.S. registered aircraft.
In other words, the United State Federal Aviation Agency just created prohibited airspace for US pilots and aircraft around a sovereign nation. This really is unprecedented. For example, no such rule applies to Somalia or Cuba. Even the EU Aviation Safety Agency did not do this. They did what the FAA normally does: issue a strong caution - but not prohibition. That is what is weird, and makes this a completely political decision.
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07/22/2014 4:15:05 PM PDT
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Tzfat
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posted on
07/22/2014 4:15:45 PM PDT
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SJackson
(government tampers with a freedom so fundamental, one shudders to think what lies ahead. Card Dolan)
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I was just reading that four major USA airlines cancelled their flights to Israel - indefinitely - and before any order came out from the FAA. So I’m thinking that this action by those four major USA airlines pushed the FAA into acting. Of course I can’t be sure that it did, but those four major USA airlines did it on their own.
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07/22/2014 4:23:07 PM PDT
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Star Traveler
(Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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Aww. Don’t they understand? The only reason there are rockets landing near Ben Gurion is because the stubborn Jooos! won’t give back the entire West Bank for piece. If only they did, then the Mujaahidoon would be able to lob mortar shells at the airport from Itamar, thereby making funds available to feed poor hungry Palis via Hamas./s
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07/22/2014 4:26:06 PM PDT
by
Eleutheria5
(End the occupation. Annex today.)
To: yldstrk
I will fly El Al when I go, I have been wanting to go
ME TOO
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07/22/2014 4:27:04 PM PDT
by
bravo whiskey
(we shouldn't fear the government. the government should fear us.)
To: Star Traveler
If I were going to Israel, I would ;-).
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posted on
07/22/2014 4:28:38 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(No power in the 'verse can stop me.)
To: Star Traveler
In the 1967 Six Day War, a young girl who had been a college classmate of mine the spring semester before, had dual Israeli-American citizenship. When the war began, she was called up. She flew to NYC where she literally sat in the airport waiting room for three days, waiting for a flight priority. (She poured money into a pay phone every couple of hours to find out if she had received one.)
Two days into the fighting, she received her priority. She flew out on El Al. The Israeli Air Force would meet inbound commercial flights over the Mediterranean and escort the planes into Ben Gurion.
When she arrived, she was assigned to a unit that picked up Egyptian POWs, as she was fluent in Egyptian Arabic.
The Israeli Air Force didn't lose one commercial airliner, if I recall correctly.
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posted on
07/22/2014 4:35:02 PM PDT
by
righttackle44
(Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
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posted on
07/22/2014 4:38:01 PM PDT
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Star Traveler
(Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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