Photo Of The Day

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Photo: Israel News Flash

The above photo was taken at Ben Gurion airport. Notice anything weird about it?

If your answer was not “WTF is a Saudi Arabian plane doing in Israel”, I will have to tell you to lay off the drugs.

But since you asked:

A Saudi Airlines passenger Airbus landed overnight Wednesday at Ben-Gurion airport, despite a lack of formal diplomatic relations between the two countries and Riyadh’s refusal to recognize Israel’s existence.

The plane, an Airbus A330-300, had landed in Israel due to a technical issue with the plane after departing from Brussels, according to Yediot Aharonot. The plane was empty of passengers and appeared to be on a return flight to one of the airline’s hub cities.

The Israel Airport Industries (IAI) checked the plane without incident, although Ben-Gurion airport officials admitted to the daily that they were shocked to see the plane on the tarmac.

IAI stated Wednesday that the plane underwent “routine maintenance” and that the plane belongs to a European airline that leased the aircraft to Saudi Airlines

Let the conspiracy theories begin!

5 thoughts on “Photo Of The Day”

  1. Norman_In_New_York

    “Nations do not have permanent friends or permanent enemies, only permanent interests.” — Lord Palmerston

  2. Herb Glatter

    Hell has frozen over. One of my fantasies included waking up and scanning the news to learn that Saudi Arabia and the UAE had formed an alliance with Israel to confront the nuclear ambitions of the Islamic Republic of Iran

  3. The Arabs would never have a better friend if they ever get over themselves. I do not think that my grandchildren will live long enough to see it

  4. The Israelis went about their business as normal and refueled the plane, checked it out for mechanical issues and it went on its way. No big deal, however if it were an El Al plane landing in one of those nations that do not recognize Israel, it would be seized and the crew interned.

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