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Wednesday, July 23, 2014
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Washington shoots down Israel’s request to lift FAA ban
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA senior Obama administration official responds to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request to persuade the FAA to lift the aviation ban on US flights to Israel for the next 24 hours in light of the rocket strike near Ben Gurion Airport earlier on Tuesday.
According to Reuters, the official says, “We’re not going to overrule the FAA, period.”
Senior admin official on Netanyahu request to persuade FAA to lift aviation order: “We’re not going to overrule the FAA, period."
— Steve Holland (@steveholland1) July 22, 2014
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