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From the Liveblog of
Thursday, November 26, 2020
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, November 26, 2020
Netanyahu greets first Dubai-Tel Aviv commercial flight at airport
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA flight operated by budget airline flydubai lands in Tel Aviv, the first scheduled commercial service between the two cities following the normalization of ties between the UAE and Israel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on hand for the arrival of the inaugural flight after its nearly four-hour trip, called it “a moment of history.”
“As-salaam alaikum (Peace be upon you),” he says to arriving passengers. “Come again and again and again.”
The United Arab Emirates in September signed a landmark US-brokered deal to formalize relations with Israel, the first such agreement by an Arab state in the Gulf.
— AFP
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