Israel warns of UAE crisis over Dubai aviation security dispute
Al JazeeraSecurity disagreements between Shin Bet and Dubai security authorities might prompt Israeli airlines to stop flying to Dubai. Israel has extended a security arrangement with Dubai, keeping Israeli airlines’ flights to the United Arab Emirates running while an aviation security dispute is negotiated. Israel’s Shin Bet security service 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. Should the Israeli airlines eventually stop flying to Dubai, the senior Israeli official said, that would spell a de facto end to their UAE operations and prompt a reciprocal ban. “The crisis could be regional, not just bilateral,” the Israeli official said, citing UAE’s cornerstone role in the so-called Abraham Accords, the US- At the time of signing the accord, an Israeli transport ministry official said the two countries would sign an agreement authorising 28 weekly commercial flights between the UAE and Israel.
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