Obama doesn’t want the optics of the Palestinian terrorists creating the same sort of incident that just happened in the Ukraine.
Protecting them from themselves, perhaps, though I think it's a matter of applying economic pressure on Israel. We'll see. No reason to ban flights to Ovda airport. Actually no reason to ban flights to Ben Gurion. Certainly while allowing flights to the Ukraine.
“Obama doesn’t want the optics of the Palestinian terrorists creating the same sort of incident that just happened in the Ukraine.”
You know, I think that might be it.
If a Delta flight goes down with a couple of church groups off to see the Holy Land, even Obama would have to answer calls for the USA to help Israel forcibly, or at least not stand in they way like he is now.