Safety? The FAA allows flights to the Ukraine. Banning flights to Israel based on the downing in Ukraine is false on it’s face.
From the Israelmatzav blog:
"I would cite the example of Pakistan, where there have been multiple, very serious attacks on commercial airports in recent months,including an attack on an airliner in Peshawar, this one on the airport in Karachi, and an earlier one involving Taliban rocket fire in Peshawar. In terms of the type of threat posed, the Pakistan Taliban is a fairly exact analogy to what Hamas can threaten Ben Gurion in Lod, Israel with – except that Israel does a much better job of securing Ben Gurion against the Hamas threat. In none of the instances in Pakistan has the FAA banned U.S. carriers from flying in and out of the Pakistani airports. At most, it has issued safety warnings."