The Federal Aviation Administration put a 24-hour ban on American flights to and from Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport Tuesday, after a rocket landed a mile away from the airport, and extended the ban an additional 24-hours through Thursday earlier today. Israel’s Transportation Ministry stated on Tuesday that Ben Gurion, the main international airport in the country located a few miles outside Tel Aviv, “is safe and completely guarded and there is no reason whatsoever that American companies would stop their flights and hand terror a prize,” according to Roll Call. Tuesday night, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced he …read more
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