Netanyahu plane forced to make detour around Indonesia
Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:9PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a joint press
conference with Australian Premier Malcolm Turnbull in Sydney, Australia,
February 22, 2017. (Photo by AFP)
The airplane transporting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had to
make a detour Wednesday en route from Singapore to Australia as the Israeli
airline is banned from using Indonesia's airspace.
Reports said the plane had dodged the Indonesian airspace as he arrived in
Sydney after an 11-hour flight from Singapore. The normal time for a direct
flight between the two locations is eight and a half hours.
Sources in Netanyahu's delegation, which is in Australia for a four-day
visit, a first for an Israeli prime minister in history, confirmed the
detour.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (R) and Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd-R) arrive at the Central Synagogue in Sydney,
Australia, February 22, 2017. (Photo by AFP)
Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim country and it has no formal
ties with the Tel Aviv regime. Like many other Muslim countries, Indonesia
has barred Israeli airlines, including EL AL that operated Netanyahu's
flight, from venturing into its airspace.
Of Indonesia's total population of about 240 million, a majority are Muslims
and the country supports the Palestinian cause. Jakarta has rejected
repeated Israeli calls for the establishment of diplomatic ties, saying it
may do so if Palestine gains its independence from the occupying regime.
"The most important thing is the spirit to realize Palestinian
independence," Indonesia's Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said in March
last year after Netanyahu called on Indonesia to allow relations to
normalize.
Jakarta has only allowed limited travel and trade to occur with the occupied
territories. It waived visa sanctions in December 2015 as part of its
policies to increase tourism.
Israel continues to defy calls, even from non-Muslim countries, to halt its
controversial settlement activities in the Palestinian territories it
occupied in the 1967 war. In a rare move, the United Nations Security
Council condemned the settlements last year.
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