Posts Tagged: Ben Gurion Airport
Top Level Soviet Defector in New Book: Anti-Israel Sentiment Is the Result of a KGB Plot
A new book written by the highest-ranking Soviet-bloc intelligence officer ever to defect to the West claims that a secret 1970s-era ...
Israeli Education Minister Rushed to Hospital After Heart Attack Scare
Times of Israel - Education Minister Shai Piron suffered what initially was thought to be a heart attack on a flight from Poland to...
EU and Israel Ink ‘Open Skies’ Agreement
JNS.org - The European Union (EU) and Israel have formally signed an "open skies" agreement, paving the way for more flights and cheaper prices...
Ben Gurion Airport Guards May Ask ‘Suspicious’ Tourists to Open Email Accounts
Foreign citizens visiting Israel may be asked to open their email accounts for airport security when they land at Ben Gurion Airport, the Israeli...
Israeli Airlines End Strike as Government Agrees to Pay 97.5% of El Al’s Security Costs
El Al Airlines and the Israeli Finance Ministry signed an agreement on Monday afternoon that ended a one-and-a-half day strike by all three Israeli airlines...
President Obama Arrives in Israel (VIDEO)
U.S. President Barack Obama finally arrived in Israel Wednesday, his plane landing a little after 12 p.m. local time at Ben Gurion International Airport. According to...
Final Preparations in High Gear as Israel Awaits Obama
Final preparations are being made ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Israel Wednesday. From security arrangements to party planning, the process of welcoming,...
Israeli Lighters Cause Scandal in Lebanon
The presence of an Israeli-made lighter has caused a minor scandal at Lebanon's Beirut International Airport. The operator of a store there put the product on...
Tourists, Pilgrims May be Heading to the Wrong Bethlehem
As scores of tourists and pilgrims stream into Bethlehem for Christmas, archeologists aren't certain that they're in the proper place to be celebrating Jesus' birth....
Ethiopian Aliyah Enters Final Stages
Approximately 240 new immigrants were set to arrive at Israel's David Ben-Gurion airport on Monday as part of a final effort to bring the remainder...
Incredible Waterfall at Israeli Airport Captures Attention of British Lord (VIDEO)
Lord Alan Sugar took to Twitter recently to note an incredible new waterfall at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport. The waterfall displays images of hearts, stars,...
Russia’s Jews Rebuild Communities After Exodus
While Saddam Hussein's forces shelled Israel during the Gulf War, 12-year-old Alex Kalmikov arrived at Ben Gurion Airport from Soviet Georgia. "Three days...
IDF Shuts Down PA Television Stations Putting Airline Passengers at Risk
Two television stations being run out of Ramallah, in the West Bank, were shut down overnight on Wednesday and had their transmission equipment confiscated by...
