El Al’s decision to halt its flights to Egypt last month is not just an economic problem; it has also become a diplomatic crisis.
El Al has been operating flights to Cairo for the past 26 years and its operations are based on the peace agreements and normalization ties between the two countries.
Israel’s ambassador to Egypt, Shalom Cohen responded to this move.
“I caution against the severe negative implications of halting flights from Israel to Egypt that constitute one of the most prominent signs of peace and normalization,” Cohen told the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper Sunday.
Almost three months ago El Al informed the Prime Minister’s Office and the ministries of tourism and foreign affairs of its intentions to stop its flights to Egypt due to the high costs of security that have rendered the Cairo Tel Aviv not profitable.
Israels Ambassador to Egypt seems more concerned about this then flying on Shabbos.
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“Israels Ambassador to Egypt seems more concerned about this then flying on Shabbos.”
Well, obviously. He’s not shomer Shabbos, I’m sure, so why should that be an issue for him?
So on one side they claim elal is a private company and should fly on shabbos if they want to but on the other side of things the izzy govt wants them to lose money just so there could be a non stop to egypt?
I didn’t think that the ambassador was religious.
why are we tying this incident to the chilul shabbos. they are two seperate issues and shouldnt be mixed together.
of course they are tied together
look how many problems they are suffering from since they started flying on shabbos