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Neo2199 OP t1_ixngake wrote

> According to Israel's Maariv, the Israelis received permission to land in Egypt but were asked to leave when the lack of visas was discovered. The Egyptian authorities cited "national security reasons".

> According to the newspaper, though, the pilots are out of fuel and are not being allowed to refuel. Moreover, the weather was too stormy for them to take off.

> "We received a request and we are trying to help with the authorities," Maariv quoted an Israeli foreign ministry spokesperson as saying. "From our inspection, the Israelis did receive permission to land the planes but did not receive visas for their entry into the country."

> The Israeli newspaper described the incident as "unusual". The Egyptian authorities had not issued any comment at the time of writing, said Anadolu.

"unusual" indeed.

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Amn-El-Dawla t1_ixnhnik wrote

Why is this even news...

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KeyWestTime t1_ixnlxrq wrote

Israel's Mossad famously captured one of the architects of the Holocaust in Argentina by posing as airline pilots and flew him to Israel where he was tried and executed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Eichmann

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Labor_Zionist t1_ixnnxxo wrote

Last time I checked Egypt no longer hide high ranking Naziz

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KeyWestTime t1_ixnpjnf wrote

Capturing Nazi's was never Mossad's only job.

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Labor_Zionist t1_ixnq3uy wrote

It was never Mossad's job period. But the fact that you think that Israel need pilots to kidnap someone from a country that shares with Israel hundreds of kms of border is pretty funny.

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ThexHoganxHero t1_ixnss5e wrote

“Mossad is so smart they only use tactics I can think of in the Reddit comments myself”

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YourFriendLoke t1_ixns57v wrote

Hundreds of kms with Saini, but Suez only has 3 bridges that go across it, and anyone Mossad was after would likely be west of Suez, since barely anyone lives in Saini. It would be easy to get discovered and captured going across these bridges, so it makes way more sense to use a plane or boat.

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Labor_Zionist t1_ixnu638 wrote

>Hundreds of kms with Saini, but Suez only has 3 bridges that go across it,

You really think that passing someone through airport security is easier than passing the Suez?

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Company8706 t1_ixo2bl1 wrote

Because all the experts come out to screech and complain about a non issue.

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shiver-yer-timbers t1_ixnzfva wrote

On what planet is it unusual to deny entry into a country to people who don't have the required travel documents?

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englishfury t1_ixoxkz9 wrote

The unusual part is refusing fuel, the thing they need to leave

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SideburnSundays t1_ixq75dh wrote

Landing at an airport for fuel to get turned around and leave is not the same as “entry” in an immigration sense, otherwise crew and passengers would need visas for every single country they have a transfer in despite never leaving the airport facilities. Given it was an emergency (lack of fuel, weather), I wouldn’t be surprised if there were an ICAO violation here for denying appropriate service to the aircraft and crew.

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Modal_Window t1_ixnhu6n wrote

I wonder what the reason Egypt gives for not allowing them to leave.

Do they need to have someone purchase and bring in fuel from outside Egypt?

Or is it just that they expected a bribe?

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Neo2199 OP t1_ixnm8h3 wrote

> Or is it just that they expected a bribe?

Probably. It's a common practice in Egypt to pay a bribe, overcharging foreigners.

Just look at what was happening during COP27 conference in Egypt:

> Instead, top officials from Europe and elsewhere have been investigating reports that youth delegates have been left without beds, subjected to extortion, forced to sleep in rooms with no locks and woken up in the night by arbitrary demands for documents — all as part of a program sponsored by the Egyptian Ministry of Youth and Sports.

> According to three people familiar with the situation, around 80 youth delegates who had paid around $700 each for their accommodation arrived at their hotel late on Saturday to find they either had no rooms, or were being asked to pay an additional fee of between $300 and $600 per night.

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Neo2199 OP t1_ixo9zu2 wrote

Damn! Looks like Egyptian government's paranoia has gotten much worse since my last visit couple years ago.

Thanks for sharing the video.

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justforthearticles20 t1_ixo3mr6 wrote

So Egypt wants to kick the pilots out but have them leave their aircraft in Egypt. Very subtle.

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JupiterChime t1_ixnohrz wrote

Israel needs to be held accountable

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illusive1x t1_ixnpfyb wrote

For what

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Zen_Popcorn t1_ixnpsv0 wrote

Idk maybe start the list with terrorizing Palestine

Edit instead of downvote and block, I’d love a civil discussion to hear why their behavior is justified

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Nothingtoseeheremmk t1_ixntpkf wrote

You know the other country mentioned in this article does the same thing right?

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Zen_Popcorn t1_ixnwn75 wrote

I don’t see that as justification. Just because multiple countries do shitty things doesn’t make it ok. All it means is there’s multiple guilty parties

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KeyWestTime t1_ixnq1bn wrote

They don't terrorize Palestine, quite the opposite in fact. No other country on earth is scrutinized more than Israel. There are UN bodies solely dedicated to it and they are biased and corrupt as fuck when it comes to Israel.

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