Ya’alon grounded from Paris air show

3 June 2015, 3:35 pm

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Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon cancels a planned trip to the Paris Air Show so as not to be absent during crucial Knesset votes, Army Radio reports.

The cancellation speaks volumes about the difficulties in managing a super-slim majority, since defense ministers traditionally travel to the show – the largest of its kind in the world – where Israel, a dominant exporter of UAVs and world power in military technologies, usually has significant presence.

Gender Equality Minister Gila Gamliel also had to cancel a planned trip, to the US, following a recent instruction by the prime minister to ministers not to leave the country for the time being.