FAA Bans All Flights To Israel For 24 Hours

FILE - In this Dec. 26, 2009, file photo, Delta-Northwest Airlines plane N820NW is pulled back to the terminal at the Detroit Metropolitan airport in Romulus, Mich. The U.S. government has prevented more than 350 peo... FILE - In this Dec. 26, 2009, file photo, Delta-Northwest Airlines plane N820NW is pulled back to the terminal at the Detroit Metropolitan airport in Romulus, Mich. The U.S. government has prevented more than 350 people suspected of ties to al-Qaida and other terrorist groups from boarding U.S.-bound commercial flights since the end of 2009 after they already purchased airline tickets, The Associated Press has learned. The tighter security rules, imposed after the attempted bombing of an airliner on Christmas 2009, reveal a security threat that persisted for more than seven years after the 2001 terror attacks against New York and Washington. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File) MORE LESS
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WASHINGTON (AP) — FAA tells US airlines all flights to Tel Aviv airport in Israel prohibited for 24 hours.

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  1. I’m sure the ADL is writing a ‘sternly worded’ press release right now.

  2. Sometimes, you just can’t win–after all, some people doubtlessly already consider them “racists” for flying to Israel in the first place.

  3. Hey Josh. Maybe it’s time to hire a proof reader…

  4. And MSNBC and CNN are preparing to reflexively apologize even though they have nothing to do with it.

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