WEST BANK (Dispatches) – The Zionist regime has extended a deadline that could have halted its airlines’ flights to the United Arab Emirates over an aviation security dispute, but warned of a potential crisis with the Persian Gulf state unless the issue is resolved, Reuters reports.
Direct El Al, Israir and Arkia connections from Tel Aviv to Dubai were launched after controversial 2020 deal normalizing ties between the occupying regime and the UAE. Hundreds of thousands of Zionists have visited the UAE commercial hub, since.
But the occupying regime’s Shin Bet spy agency has voiced concerns – which it did not publicly detail – about arrangements at Dubai International Airport and said the three carriers would stop operating there if these went unresolved.
The current arrangements had been due to expire on Tuesday. But a Zionist official said transport minister, Merav Michaeli, extended the deadline “by about a month” so the negotiations can continue.
Dubai authorities did not respond to a request for comment.
“The crisis could be regional, not just bilateral,” the Zionist official said, citing the UAE’s role in the normalization of relations between the occupying regime and a number of Arab countries. “It could have a huge impact.”
Since they reached the so-called Abraham Accords at the White House in August 2020, the Zionist regime and the UAE have signed a raft of deals in various areas, ranging from tourism to aviation and financial services.
Top Zionist authorities have made unprecedented visits to the UAE. The regime’s prime minister Naftali Bennett made the trip in December last year, while Zionist president Isaac Herzog visited Abu Dhabi over a week ago.
Zionist regime has a long history of conducting massive espionage operations in other countries.
Back in 2010, the Zionist spy agency Mossad assassinated the co-founder of Hamas military wing Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades Mahmoud al-Mabhouh at Al Bustan Rotana hotel in Dubai.
The regime in Tel Aviv has also sold its phone-hacking spyware Pegasus to a number of countries, including Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which have used Pegasus on political opponents, journalists, and even world leaders.