Deputy AG says plan to close Ben Gurion Airport poses legal difficulties

Deputy Attorney General Raz Nizri warns that there are legal difficulties posed by the initiative to completely close Ben Gurion Airport.

“Preventing citizens from returning to the country contradicts human rights,” Nizri says during a cabinet meeting held via videoconference.

Still, he says there are solutions and he believes the move can eventually go ahead.

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