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Sunday, August 21, 2022
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Sunday, August 21, 2022
Airports authority says planned flights for Palestinians from Eilat airport delayed
A Ryanair Boeing 737 airliner seen at Ramon Airport near Eilat, March 4, 2019. (Rafi Peled/Israel Airport Authority)
The Israel Airports Authority announces that planned flights for West Bank Palestinians out of Ramon airport near Eilat have been delayed.
“When a date is selected we will update the media and the public,” a statement from the airports authority says, without giving a reason for the delay.
The planned flights by a pair of Turkish companies — which were due to begin later this month — marked a shift in Israeli policy, and would allow Palestinians to travel to Turkey without having to fly from Jordan or obtain a hard-to-come-by entry permit into Israel to fly from Ben Gurion Airport.
