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 the need of exceptions. “This decision is the result of diplomatic action of the President,” Sullivan mentioned ahead of the pay a visit to of Joe Biden to Jeddah afterwards currently on a direct flight to Saudi Arabia, pursuing his meetings with Palestinian leaders in East Jerusalem and Bethlehem. “The final decision paves the way for far more security and stability in the Middle East region, which is important for the folks of the US, and the security and prosperity of Israel.”

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

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In trade 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 Six Working day War in 1967 and handed them to Egypt in 1982.

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In effect Saudi Arabia has had sovereignty more than the islands, which regulate the entrance to the Crimson Sea, given that 2018, after signing an agreement with Egypt on the issue in 2016. But in accordance to the peace settlement amongst Israel and Egypt, the islands would keep on being a demilitarized zone occupied by a US-led multi-countrywide force. With the islands now passing into Saudi palms, the functions of the multi-nationwide force will now modify.

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Revealed by Globes, Israel enterprise news – en.globes.co.il – on July 15, 2022.

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