ToI reporter stranded in Istanbul

The mass exodus of foreign airlines from Israel finds The Times of Israel’s Melanie Lidman stranded in Istanbul.

Lidman reports: “I’m in a nondescript hotel room somewhere near the Istanbul airport, miles from downtown, feeling adrift and helpless. I love travel, and I love layovers in interesting cities like Istanbul when I have time to take the train downtown and poke around and eat some local food. But I did that on the way to Lagos. And there’s a time for the exciting newness of travel and there’s a time to be back with the people who know you and love you.

“I know it won’t help Israel or the situation or the funerals or the heartbreak at all if I’m back in the country. But it would help me.”

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