Continued security disputes between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv; Possibility of stopping flights to Dubai.
Israeli airlines warned on Thursday that they would suspend flights to Dubai from the beginning of next week; An action that indicates the height of tension in security issues between the parties.
Israeli airlines threatened on Thursday to suspend flights to Dubai from next week. A move that marks the height of security tensions between Ben Gurion and Dubai airports.
Palestinian news agency Sama reported that Israeli airline executives had sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett asking him to intervene. The aviation security department of Ben Gurion Airport also announced that it will not be possible to operate all flights to Dubai from next Sunday.
“Despite fulfilling all the requests of the Dubai authorities, the Aviation Security Administration and the Public Security Service (Shabak) announced that flights from Dubai will not be operated from March 8,” the letter to Israeli airline executives reads.
Israeli company executives stressed that one solution was to operate only three flights a day to Dubai. Officials suggested that flights to Abu Dhabi be operated, but that Emirati companies were operating as usual. They work normally. Of course, this is “unacceptable” and to the detriment of Israeli companies.
The Zionist news site Walla quoted Israeli and Emirati officials as saying that the head of Shabak’s security department had held talks with UAE security officials. The subject of this negotiation is the request for the protection of Israeli airlines; An issue that Emirati officials described as a violation of the country’s sovereignty.
According to Valla, UAE officials agreed to the request of Shabak’s security chief to extend the talks until the end of this month. In recent days, there have been numerous contacts between the two sides to extend the negotiation period and prevent it from turning into a “widespread political crisis that is damaging the peace agreement” between the two sides. The contacts were attended by a number of advisers to the Israeli prime minister, officials from the regime’s foreign ministry, and Shabak.
An Emirati official also said that one of the problems was the various messages from Israeli officials on the issue, which led to misunderstandings and escalating tensions. UAE officials also say that there has been a dispute over the protection of Israeli flights since a year ago, but the Zionists refused to back down.
