Hamas Warriors ***SHUT DOWN****Ben Gurion Airport

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Flights Canceled Into Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport As Rocket Falls Nearby

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Flights Canceled Into Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport As Rocket Falls Nearby

"Across the mainstream Zionist
spectrum, it was understood
from the outset that Palestine's
indigenous Arab population
would not acquiesce in its
dispossession.

"The tragedy of Zionism," Walter
Laqueur wrote in his standard
history, "was that it appeared on
the international scene when
there were no longer empty
spaces on the world map."

"'Disappearing' the Arabs
lay at the heart of the Zionist
dream, and was also a necessary
condition of its existence . . . . "

Dr Norman Finkelstein

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srael scrambles to restore foreign flights to Tel Aviv


* U.S., European services suspended due to rocket attack

* El Al takes up some of the slack


By Steven Scheer

JERUSALEM, July 23 (Reuters) - Israel tried on Wednesday to get U.S. and European commercial flights to Tel Aviv restored after some carriers suspended services, insisting its main airport there was safe despite being targeted by Palestinian rockets.

Israeli authorities emphasised the success of the Iron Dome interceptor system in protecting Ben Gurion Airport from rockets fired by militants in the Gaza Strip, as well as a precautionary narrowing of air corridors since fighting erupted on July 8.




However, Israel also said foreign airlines could use an alternative airport deep in its southern desert.

About 30 U.S. airlines suspended flights to Ben Gurion in accordance with a Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) ban issued on Tuesday, to be reviewed after 24 hours. The agency said it was responding to a Palestinian rocket that struck a building 2 km (1 mile) from the airport. Israel said the damage was from debris of a rocket shot down by Iron Dome.