Israel will have direct flights to Mecca by 2024, FM Cohen predicts
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government had hoped it could arrange for direct flights between the two countries, even in advance of the deal, but to date, those efforts have not borne fruit.
Muslims perform their evening prayers around the holy Kaaba as they start arriving to perform the annual Haj in the Grand Mosque, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, June 16, 2023.(photo credit: SAUDI PRESS AGENCY/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)ByTOVAH LAZAROFFUpdated: