Saudi airspace opens to all flights to and from Israel

US Countrywide Stability Advisor Jake Sullivan introduced this early morning that Saudi Arabia has resolved to approve the opening of its airspace to all aircraft flying to and from Israel, without exceptions. “This final decision is the consequence of diplomatic action of the President,” Sullivan explained ahead of the check out of Joe Biden to Jeddah later right now on a immediate flight to Saudi Arabia, next his conferences with Palestinian leaders in East Jerusalem and Bethlehem. “The choice paves the way for additional stability and protection in the Middle East area, which is vital for the folks of the US, and the stability and prosperity of Israel.”

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The significance of the final decision is enormous for Israeli aviation and tourism with extensive-haul flights from Ben Gurion airport to the east considerably shortened. Flights to Melbourne will be shortened from 17 several hours to 15.5 several hours, to Bangkok from 11 hours to 8 hrs and 15 minutes and from Mumbai from 8 several hours to 5 hrs.

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In trade Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has gained Israeli agreement to the transfer of the Tiran and Snapir islands from Egyptian to Saudi sovereignty. Israel captured the islands through the 6 Day War in 1967 and handed them to Egypt in 1982.

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In outcome Saudi Arabia has had sovereignty more than the islands, which regulate the entrance to the Purple Sea, considering the fact that 2018, just after signing an arrangement with Egypt on the matter in 2016. But according to the peace agreement between Israel and Egypt, the islands would stay a demilitarized zone occupied by a US-led multi-nationwide power. With the islands now passing into Saudi hands, the operations of the multi-countrywide force will now transform.

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Released by Globes, Israel organization news – en.globes.co.il – on July 15, 2022.

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