How supermodel Bar Refaeli's wedding sparked political dispute over Israeli airspace

Transport minister and aviation authority chief clash over couple's demand for drones, helicopters and a hot air balloon to record happy day

The imminent wedding in Israel of the supermodel Bar Refaeli would usually be the territory of celebrity magazines. And yet Thursday night's event has stoked a bitter political spat between the country's transport minister and the head of Israel's civil aviation authority.

The point of dispute is whether the 30-year-old celebrity and her husband-to-be, the billionaire Israeli businessman Adi Ezra, should have the airspace above their nuptials at a spa in the Carmel forest resort closed to all but a fleet of aircraft they have hired.