The U.S. barred flights to Israel's main international airport outside Tel Aviv for at least 24 hours after a rocket from Gaza landed nearby, prompting Israel to angrily brand the ban a boon to Hamas's efforts to isolate the country.Read more here.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appealed to Secretary of State John Kerry to restore flights as the U.S. diplomat was in Cairo trying to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist group that rules Gaza.
"There is no reason for these companies to stop flights," Israeli Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz said. "They have given a prize to terror."
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
"A prize to terror"
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