Palestinian flight plan shelved on eve of first scheduled departure
by Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem from on (#62QZ5)
Controversial plan to fly people from occupied West Bank to Turkey has been paused
A controversial plan to allow Palestinians to fly to Turkey from southern Israel's Ramon airport has been shelved on the eve of the first scheduled departure.
Israel's airport authority announced earlier this month that Ramon in the Negev desert, near the Red Sea city of Eilat, would begin allowing Palestinians from the occupied West Bank to travel on Turkish-operated flights to Antalya and Istanbul from 22 August.
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