The United Arab Emirates revealed Friday that the co-pilot behind the September 30 attempted hijacking of an Israel-bound passenger jet had spent years preparing to carry out a September 11-inspired suicide attack on Ben Gurion Airport, intending to crash the aircraft into a passenger terminal and kill as many people as possible.
The Houthi insurgents of Yemen, possibly the last combat-effective Iranian proxy force in the Middle East, are threatening to continue missile attacks against Israel after a devastating Israeli airstrike on the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah.
The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen threatened on Monday to impose a “complete air blockade” of Israel, building from their success at landing a missile in the general vicinity of Israel’s Ben Gurion airport on Sunday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared firm support for President Donald Trump’s stance on Iran, which he declared in a post from March, hours after a deadly Houthi attack targeted Israel’s main airport.
In a bid to combat the spread of coronavirus, Israel on Monday approved a week-long closure of the country’s airport. The country also expanded its velocious vaccination drive on Sunday to include 16- to 18-year-olds.
TEL AVIV – At a United Nations panel on racism, the Palestinian Authority re-invoked the decades-old charge that “Zionism is racism” and further claimed that Israel is “weaponizing” antisemitism in order to prevent the Palestinians from having their own state.
TEL AVIV — In a first, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro made history by joining Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Western Wall on Monday.
Israel was to inaugurate a new international airport Monday in its desert south meant to boost tourism to the nearby Red Sea and serve as an emergency alternative to Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion airport.
TEL AVIV – Hamas has boosted its training in preparation for a possible conflict with Israel, defense officials said on Sunday.
JERUSALEM — The Israel Airports Authority says a German plane collided with an Israeli plane on the ground at Ben Gurion airport, causing damage but no injuries.
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he hopes to slash flight times between Tel Aviv and India’s financial capital Mumbai, days after Air India ran the first scheduled Israel-bound service to cross Saudi airspace.
Israel is bracing for US Vice President Mike Pence’s two-day visit, with thousands of police officers taking part in special security operations and residents preparing for wide-scale traffic disruptions, particularly in Jerusalem where his visit will focus.
TEL AVIV – Israel is working to persuade Saudi Arabia to allow direct flights from Tel Aviv to Mecca for Israeli Muslims making the Hajj pilgrimage, building on the same flight route taken by President Donald Trump on his trip to the region in May.
After their husbands praised the “unbreakable bond” between Israel and the US at the welcome ceremony for US President Donald Trump, Sara Netanyahu, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife, told US First Lady Melania Trump that the two couples had more in common than pure geopolitical interests.
JERUSALEM – On the tarmac of Israel’s Ben-Gurion Airport, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his hope to President Donald Trump that one day an Israeli head of government will be able to visit Saudi Arabia.
President Donald Trump on Monday touched down in Israel for a 24-hour visit to the Jewish state, the second stop of his first foreign first foreign as U.S. president.
Shortly after landing at Ben-Gurion Airport on Monday and meeting with the prime minister, president and numerous dignitaries, US President Donald Trump will fly via helicopter to Jerusalem’s First Station for a series of meetings and site-seeing in the capital.
Israel has made last-minute changes to the airport welcome ceremony organized for visiting US President Donald Trump, adding some pomp, decorum and a speech by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Channel 10 reported Saturday.
More than 10,000 police officers will take part in securing the two-day visit of US President Donald Trump, expected to take place on May 22-23.
Even in Israel, renowned for its aviation security, a carry-on electronics ban on flights to the United States and Britain from parts of the Middle East and North Africa had a former airport security chief shaking his head on Wednesday.
TEL AVIV – Legislation blocking anti-Israel boycott activists from entering the country passed at the Knesset with 46-28 in the final reading on Monday.
TEL AVIV – In a first, Israel denied entry to a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement activist who arrived at Ben-Gurion airport Monday on a tourist visa.
As part of an overall transition toward boosting self-service at Ben-Gurion Airport, passengers will soon be able to check into flights with boarding passes on their mobile phones, the Israel Airports Authority announced on Monday.
The Chinese airline, Hainan Airlines, which began operating in Israel half a year ago has come under scrutiny for marking Israel on its multimedia flight system as “Palestinian Territories.”
TEL AVIV – Jewish worshipers at one of Ben Gurion Airport’s synagogues were shocked to discover a group of Turkish Muslims on the floor in the room, using Jewish prayer shawls as prayer rugs.
El Al flight from Tel Aviv to Toronto was canceled late Monday after sparks flew from the plane’s wheels.
An Islamic activist was arrested at Israel’s Ben-Gurion Airport late on Sunday as she returned from Mecca to her home in Jaffa, a district of Tel Aviv.
Four people were arrested Tuesday night after they rammed a security barrier at Ben Gurion Airport and two of them then attempted to flee on foot, prompting a chase by security personnel.
For many Jerusalemites, 28 will become the new 75 – 75, of course, being the average number of minutes it presently takes to travel from the capital to Tel Aviv by bus.
An El Al flight landed safely back in Tel Aviv late Thursday night after one of its tires exploded during take-off from Ben-Gurion Airport while en route to Kiev earlier.
TEL AVIV – Egypt’s Judo Federation denied on Tuesday that Olympic athlete Islam El Shehaby had been sent home for refusing to shake the hand of his Israeli opponent after being defeated.
TEL AVIV — An Israeli passenger held at an airport for five days has taken a DNA test to prove she is the mother of her child after authorities questioned the girl’s origin when the pair arrived from Sri Lanka.
Some 200 French Jews immigrated to Israel on a group flight Wednesday, in a sign of a continuing trend amid European jitters over increased anti-Semitism and terror attacks on the Continent.
Two Swiss Air Force fighter jets were summoned to escort an El Al Israeli passenger plane headed to Israel Tuesday, after the company received an anonymous bomb threat.
Gresham, Smith and Partners recently designed a screening area at Norfolk International Airport in Virginia with one major concern in mind: flexibility, so it can adapt to changing security threats.
President Reuven Rivlin sent a letter of condolence to his Turkish counterpart in the aftermath of what he called a “cowardly, murderous” terror attack at an Istanbul airport Tuesday that killed at least 41 and injured more than 230.
This summer is expected to be the busiest in the history of Ben-Gurion Airport (TLV). Tourists may not be coming in record numbers, but millions of Israelis will surely be traveling in and out of the holy land, creating plenty of traffic.
TEL AVIV – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party praised the gunmen who killed 24 people when they attacked an Israeli airport in 1972.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told France’s foreign minister on Sunday that Israel remained opposed to a French initiative for an international conference to try to revive peace talks.
The Jerusalem Post reports: Claims that Israel detained a delegation from a far-right Turkish party at Ben–Gurion Airport on Thursday, including its leader, Mustafa Destici, are greatly exaggerated, according to the Foreign Ministry.