Ben-Gurion Airport Archives

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Maurice visiting those involved in projects that WJR supports in Israel

December 4, 2023, 11:45 am

OPINION: Reflections from Israel: trauma and grief, resilience and solidarity

'The Israel I landed in was not the same Nation that I knew', writes Maurice Helfgott, Chair, World Jewish Relief

Israelis protesting the government's judicial reform bill descend on Ben-Gurion Airport on 3 July 2023

July 13, 2023, 3:26 pm

Foreign Office warns Brits going to Israel not to attend political demonstrations

Updated UK advice follows rising tensions as Israelis continue protesting against the government's assault on judicial independence

By Jewish News Reporter

A rainbow from the water cannons over protesters at Ein Hemed Junction. Credit: Ilan Rosenberg

July 11, 2023, 3:02 pm

Israelis bring road traffic to a halt as protests against judicial attack continue

Thousands on the streets after politicians from the ruling coalition progress laws to subordinate Israeli courts to Israeli ministers

By Jewish News Reporter

Ben Gurion Airport. Credit: Amnon Horesh

July 3, 2023, 5:17 pm

Thousands protest at Ben-Gurion Airport over judicial reform plans

Bill pushed by Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right coalition allies is met with resistance at Israel's main airport

By Jewish News Reporter

Israeli policemen on horses blocking demonstrators in Tel Aviv from entering the Ayalon Highway. Credit: Jotam Confino

March 9, 2023, 5:15 pm

Day of Disruption: ‘I’m afraid we are going to see bloodshed in two weeks’

Jewish News was on the ground in Tel Aviv when 'Day of Disruption' brought tens of thousands of Israelis to the streets, protesting the Netanyahu government's judicial overhaul

By Jotam Confino in Israel

Jonathan Pollard being greeted by Benjamin Netanyahu on the tarmac at Ben Gurion

January 4, 2021, 12:00 pm

OPINION: A hero’s welcome, but spy Pollard is no hero

Despite being greeted by Benjamin Netanyahu as he made aliyah, Jenni Frazer says convicted spy Jonathan Pollard should embrace a life of obscurity as soon as possible

By Jenni Frazer

December 22, 2020, 5:26 pm

Hundreds of dual UK-Israeli citizens confined to ‘quarantine hotels’

Changing rules in London and at Ben Gurion cause chaos for passengers, with some reportedly 'hustled' off flights, had passports taken away and 'forced' onto coaches

By Jenni Frazer

Ethiopian olim exiting the plane after touching down at Ben Gurion Airport, 2020 (Credit: Olivier Fitoussi, courtesy of The Jewish Agency for Israel)

December 3, 2020, 6:35 pm

More than 300 Ethiopian Jews make Aliyah after years separated from relatives

Israeli prime minister says: 'My wife and I were standing there with tears in our eyes', calling the intake 'the essence of our Jewish and Zionist story'

September 19, 2020, 12:02 pm

Israeli drone becomes first to land by remote at international airport

Heron UAV from Israel Aerospace Industries landed at Ben-Gurion Airport using technology that lets drones integrate into airspace alongside long-haul commercial flights

By Jewish News Reporter

May 29, 2020, 9:49 am

Commercial flights will not resume to Israel until at least mid-July

Ben Gurion's managing director said that even when the flights eventually restart, the number of departing planes will remain low for now.

By JTA

A woman wears a face mask while walking down Kingsway in Holborn, London. PA Photo.: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

February 25, 2020, 2:54 pm

Israel confirms second coronavirus case as South Koreans ordered to leave

Case confirmed at Sheba Medical Centre involved a cruise passenger who had been in isolation since returning from Japan

By JTA

February 19, 2020, 2:52 pm

Israel to build a rail line from Ben Gurion Airport to the Western Wall

Project will be an extension of Jerusalem-Tel Aviv high-speed line with the Palestinians objecting to plans

By JTA

Screengrab taken from PA video of a British teenager, who cannot be named, and her mother (left) leaving Famagusta District Court in Paralimni (Photo credit: Henry Vaughan/PA Wire)

February 3, 2020, 3:30 pm

‘I was treated no differently from a common criminal’ – UK rape-case woman

Unnamed 19-year-old, who claims she was raped by 12 Israelis in Cyprus before being found guilty of lying, speaks for the first time about her treatment during the ordeal

By Jewish News Reporter

Israeli officers in the Old City of Jerusalem

January 22, 2020, 10:19 am

Israel’s security force for World Holocaust Forum will be nearly 10,000 strong

Operation Future, which is being led by the police, was described as a 'complex and integrated national operation'

By JTA

The Prime Minister's plane, a Boeing 767, seen on its first flight test above Tel Aviv, on November 3, 2019. The plane is the Israeli version of Air Force 1, meant to serve the Israeli Prime Minister and the President. Photo by: Nimrod Glikman-JINIPIX

November 4, 2019, 1:59 pm

Israel’s Air Force One has first test flight

The plane, a retrofitted Boeing 767-300ER airliner purchased from Qantas Airlines in 2016, took off on Sunday from Ben-Gurion Airport.

By JTA

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