Israel launches flights for West Bank Palestinians

RAMALLAH, 23 August 2022, (TON): Israel has launched a scheme allowing Palestinians from the occupied West Bank to fly abroad from an airport in the Negev desert.

A tourist group from the West Bank, consisting of doctors, pharmacists and their families, joined Monday’s inaugural flight from Ramon Airport to Larnaca Airport in Cyprus.

According to the Israel Airports Authority “the flight for 24 Palestinians from the cities of Hebron and Bethlehem in the West Bank took off toward Cyprus from Ramon Airport, located in the Negev region in southern Israel.”

A spokesperson from COGAT the Israeli Defense Ministry body responsible for civil affairs in the Palestinian territories confirmed Palestinians were aboard Monday’s flight to Larnaca.

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