US threatens to ban Israeli planes landing in America
By: The Jerusalem Post
Yep, the Biden administration is getting tough on unfair trade. Israel threatens the free market and is damaging our entire airline industry.
Yeah, yeah, that story line will work. Biden is protecting American jobs.
I think there's a politician selling a bridge in Brooklyn, too. Probably to China.
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If American planes are not allowed to operate emergency flights to Israel, Israeli planes will not be allowed to land in the US, N12 reported Saturday.
The Biden administration accused Israel of violating the freedoms of the air and creating a crisis with the new administration following the Israeli border closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, N12 reported. The administration then demanded that planes from the US be allowed to land in Israel.
A source in the Foreign Ministry denied the report and told The Jerusalem Post that they were not aware of any threats.
Last week, the US Department of Transportation officially complained to its Israeli counterpart after only El Al was granted an exception to continue flying into Israel despite the border closure, Israeli government sources confirmed.
El Al won a bid by Israel’s Civil Aviation Authority to operate the emergency flights, as well as flights to Dubai. Israir has been operating rescue flights to and from Frankfurt.
US-based airlines Delta and United – along with every carrier other than El Al – have not been permitted to operate flights between America and Israel.
The US Department of Transportation complained to the Foreign Ministry and Transportation Ministry that this situation violates the aviation agreement between the countries, which was meant to guarantee equal treatment of Israeli and American airlines.
Lahav Harkov contribuited to this report.
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Joe Biden certainly knows how to get tough on those treating the US unfairly.
After all, Donald Trump was a friend to Israel. So whacking Israel must be okay.
Biden has yet to call Israel an ally.
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That sounds like America's ally.
The seeded article is a nothing burger.
Several Presidential proclamations established restrictions on the entry of certain travelers into the United States in an effort to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
With specific exceptions, foreign nationals who have been in any of the following countries during the past 14 days may not enter the United States. For a full list of exceptions, please refer to the relevant proclamations in the links below.
What does that have to do with trade retaliation?
I looked for other articles about the US banning Israeli planes from landing. Outside of a few scattered, random publications the CDC article is the closest thing in the main stream media that I found. Hence, nothing burger.
If this is a nothing burger, as you claim, then why does the Biden administration believe it needs to threaten retaliation against Israel as a foreign policy action?
The MSM failing to report news doesn't invalidate the facts.
I can find no evidence of that, anywhere other than the Jerusalem Post. Even that publication questions those assertions :
A source in the Foreign Ministry denied the report and told The Jerusalem Post that they were not aware of any threats.
I think you look for any reason, no matter how thin or scant the evidence to pummel the new administration. Try harder.
Here's a report that adds details.
US threatens ban on El Al over rescue-flight exclusivity