BEN GURION INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Israel (AP) — At Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport, more than a year of war has taken its toll. Global airlines have canceled flights, gates are empty and pictures of hostages still held in the Gaza Strip guide the few arriving passengers to baggage claim.
But one check-in desk remains flush with travelers: the one serving flights to the United Arab Emirates, which have kept up a bridge for Israelis to the outside world throughout the war.
The Emirati flights, in addition to bolstering the airlines’ bottom line, have shined a light on the countries’ burgeoning ties — which have survived the wars raging across the
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