Saudi airspace opens to all flights to and from Israel

US Nationwide Protection Advisor Jake Sullivan introduced this early morning that Saudi Arabia has made the decision to approve the opening of its airspace to all plane flying to and from Israel, with out exceptions. “This final decision is the final result of diplomatic exercise of the President,” Sullivan explained ahead of the visit of Joe Biden to Jeddah afterwards today on a immediate flight to Saudi Arabia, next his meetings with Palestinian leaders in East Jerusalem and Bethlehem. “The selection paves the way for more balance and security in the Center East area, which is vital for the people of the US, and the security and prosperity of Israel.”

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

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In exchange Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has acquired Israeli arrangement to the transfer of the Tiran and Snapir islands from Egyptian to Saudi sovereignty. Israel captured the islands in the course of the 6 Working day War in 1967 and handed them to Egypt in 1982.

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In effect Saudi Arabia has experienced sovereignty above the islands, which handle the entrance to the Purple Sea, because 2018, soon after signing an settlement with Egypt on the make any difference in 2016. But according to the peace agreement in between Israel and Egypt, the islands would remain a demilitarized zone occupied by a US-led multi-countrywide drive. With the islands now passing into Saudi fingers, the operations of the multi-nationwide pressure will now transform.

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