Ancient Acre fortress comes alive in a new sound and light show
The nearly $5 million project inaugurated this summer with funding by the Israeli Tourism Ministry and the Acre Municipality in a bid to draw visitors back to the city.
The nearly $5 million project inaugurated this summer with funding by the Israeli Tourism Ministry and the Acre Municipality in a bid to draw visitors back to the city.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greeted passengers from the nearly hijacked Flydubai flight, personally meeting the Israeli who subdued the copilot and allowed the plane to land safely in Saudi Arabia.
While reporting on the averted hijacking of a Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv, BBC newscasters mistakenly called Israel’s main international airport ‘Ben Gvir Airport’ instead of Ben Gurion Airport.
If, as parts of the American right argue, America First means that every foreign alliance must justify itself by American interests, Israel more than passes the test.
Their rescue was made possible through coordinated action by Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and the Foreign Ministry.
‘It felt like, that’s it. It’s over. September 11 is happening again,’ he said.
As Israeli passengers stranded in Saudi Arabia begin to return home, Prime Minister Netanyahu confirms that the flydubai incident was nearly a ‘major catastrophe.’
A passenger recounted subduing the Omani co-pilot: ‘We jumped forcefully on the pilot and tied him up with headphones.’
‘The serious incident on the FlyDubai plane was an attempted jihadist terror attack, which was thwarted only thanks to the heroism of several Israeli passengers,’ Katz said.
Israeli Flydubai passengers sang joyously after landing safely in Saudi Arabia, following a violent pilot altercation and suspected hijacking that sent their aircraft plunging thousands of feet until passengers subdued the attacker.