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Thousands of passengers wait at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv after operations shut down on August 20, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 30, 2026, 5:00 pm
Airport meltdown gives rise to worries that Ben Gurion overcrowding may be terminal
After years of political inertia, Israel’s main gateway may soon be regularly brought to its knees by inability to cope with growing passenger numbers; experts say a second airport is needed to avert crisis
By Sharon Wrobel
The arrivals hall at Ben Gurion International Airport on August 20, 2026, during a shutdown. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
August 24, 2026, 6:17 am
Airport chaos shows Israel’s public sector collapsing under the weight of political cronyism
The bedlam at Ben Gurion was not a sudden failure, but the inevitable result of a system hollowed out by nepotism, sham tenders, and political loyalists. And the rot extends across public service
By Eran Hildesheim
Thousands of passengers wait at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv after a strike was announced, August 20, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
August 23, 2026, 8:24 pm
Ben Gurion Airport and workers agree to ease post-strike backlog, but next crisis looms
Airports Authority and staff to relieve airport congestion, while union still warns of shortage of hundreds of workers ahead of the busy Jewish holidays starting next month
By Sharon Wrobel
Thousands of passengers wait at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv after a strike was announced, August 20, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
August 21, 2026, 9:02 am
Ben Gurion Airport is most disrupted in the world, day after wildcat labor strike
Worker walk-out, prompted by manpower shortage, drives ongoing wave of cancellations and delays, some $10m damage; Likud official alleges plot to hurt PM politically
By ToI Staff
Thousands of passengers wait at Ben Gurion International Airport during a strike, August 20, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 20, 2026, 5:10 pm
Wildcat labor strike brings Ben Gurion Airport to halt on busiest travel day of year
Airport back to full staffing but crowding and delays continue hours later; check-ins, arrivals were halted as workers protest personnel shortage; Netanyahu boots labor union’s leader out of Likud
By ToI Staff and Noam Lehmann
Illustrative: Ballots are counted at the Knesset in Jerusalem, a day after the general elections, March 4, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
August 17, 2026, 11:22 am
Likud threatens legal action against initiative to bring Israelis abroad back to vote
Netanyahu’s party claims organization is operating illegally and in contradiction to party financing laws; AID Coalition responds that is non-partisan, not providing funding
By ToI Staff
Left: Nissim Louk speaks to Channel 12 news, May 17, 2024. (Channel 12 screenshot) Right: Transportation Minister Miri Regev speaks at the Muni Expo 2026 conference in Tel Aviv, on June 23, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 7, 2026, 10:50 am
‘You caused Oct 7’: Bereaved father rebukes Likud minister at Jerusalem campaign stop
Likud supporters call Nissim Louk, whose daughter Shani was murdered at the Nova festival, ‘trash,’ as he shouts at Miri Regev
By ToI Staff
US Air Force refueling aircraft are seen parked on the tarmac of the Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv on February 25, 2026. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
July 14, 2026, 6:25 pm
US halts removal of refuelers from Ben Gurion Airport, but Israel says only 20 can stay
Tens of thousands of passengers’ flight tickets could be canceled as the US military aircraft crowd out civilian planes; US said to fume at decision that harms military preparedness
By Sharon Wrobel
A US Air Force aircraft takes off from the Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, on May 24, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
June 27, 2026, 10:03 am
Transportation Ministry says it reached deal to clear US jets clogging up Tel Aviv airport
Reports say terms agreed after minister asked Netanyahu to intervene personally, will see 30 refuelers and cargo planes leave Ben Gurion for Israeli Air Force bases by Tuesday
By ToI Staff and Sharon Wrobel
US Air Force refueling aircraft are seen parked on the tarmac of the Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv on February 25, 2026. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
June 24, 2026, 9:05 pm
Reduced US refuelers at Ben Gurion still put flights of 100,000 summer travelers at risk
Aviation officials demand removal of at least 15 more US tankers crowding out civilian planes at Israel’s main airport, ahead of peak July-August travel season
By Sharon Wrobel
US Air Force refueling aircraft are seen parked on the tarmac of the Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv on February 25, 2026. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
June 14, 2026, 5:01 pm
US refuelers at Ben Gurion could ground 2.4 million summer travelers, Regev warns
Transportation minister appeals to Netanyahu to help relocate at least 30 of the 72 American aircraft that are crowding out civilian planes at Tel Aviv’s international airport
By Sharon Wrobel
An Israir flight takes off from Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, August 25, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/ Flash90/ File)
June 3, 2026, 3:51 pm
Slovenia turns away Israeli passenger jet, forcing it to land in neighboring Croatia
Israir plane denied permission to touch down in Ljubljana due to government’s opposition to Israel; Foreign Ministry pans ‘unacceptable’ incident and anticipates better ties with incoming PM
By ToI Staff
Kiryat Shmona Mayor Avichai Stern, center front, holds a sign that reads 'Ceasefire = emboldening of Hezbollah,' as he and other residents of the northern city protest outside the US embassy building in Jerusalem on April 19, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 28, 2026, 2:52 pm
Northern officials, residents denounce Lebanon truce: ‘Stop using our kids as sitting ducks’
Council head says decision-makers should move north with their families to see the reality; security cabinet member Regev concedes situation is more of a ‘porous ceasefire’
By ToI Staff
The 78th anniversary Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, on April 21, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 23, 2026, 10:14 am
How my modest love song was sucked into a chilling machine of political propaganda
The Independence Day torch-lighting ceremony demonstrated how politicians erase the truth using fake sentimentality and turn a national event into a fawning display for Netanyahu
By Amir Ben-David
Passengers wait at the largely empty Ben Gurion airport on April 9, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)
April 15, 2026, 4:28 pm
Comptroller pans government for failing to plan for air travel turbulence during war
Report finds consumers paid high ticket prices when service was disrupted by fighting, calls for conditioning aid to industry on prioritizing national interest over profits
By Sharon Wrobel
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