The Palestinian Authority Demands That The Palestinians Not Use Ramon Airport

The Palestinian Authority officially refused to use the Israeli Ramon Airport for the travel of Palestinians, and asked them not to deal with Israeli announcements in this regard.
The Ministry of Transport and Communications issued a statement denying the validity of news circulated about the operation of Ramon Airport. The ministry said that there is no agreement to operate Ramon Airport, calling on citizens “not to deal with this misleading news.”
The ministry confirmed what was previously announced about the necessity of operating Qalandia Airport in the occupied city of Jerusalem, and restarting Yasser Arafat Airport in the Gaza Strip, in accordance with the signed agreements. The Palestinian position came at a time when Israel is preparing to operate the first flight for the Palestinians from Ramon Airport this month. And Israeli media reported that Israel had approved a plan to allow Palestinian travelers to travel through Ramon International Airport in the south. And the Israeli Ynet website confirmed that “the first charter flight for Palestinian passengers under the plan will head to the Turkish city of Antalya later in August.”
Amir Asi of the Prince Tourist Group said that “after a meeting with Israeli administration officials last Monday, it was decided to grant the first trip to Antalya on August 21 to Palestinian travelers only.” Palestinian travelers will have to obtain special permits, cross a security corridor, and be subject to security and baggage restrictions.
Israel pushed the plan to operate Ramon Airport, despite the fact that the authority demanded the Israeli occupation authorities to open Qalandia Airport in Jerusalem to the Palestinians, in direct rejection of their proposal to open the remote Ramon Airport, in light of a stifling and humiliating crisis suffered by Palestinian travelers through the three Palestinian, Israeli and Jordanian crossings.
Israel considered the opening of the remote Ramon Airport, near Eilat in the south, as a goodwill gesture to the Palestinians and Americans who requested it. The Palestinian Center for Israeli Studies “Madar” said that Ramon International Airport, about 18 kilometers north of Eilat, and about 340 kilometers from the occupied city of Jerusalem, was established in 2019. It cost about 1.7 billion shekels and is located on an area of ​​about 14,000 acres. Expandable, is a failed project. Madar believes that the opening of Ramon Airport to the Palestinians is based on the concept of reducing the existing conflict over maintaining the Israeli occupation and the settlements, and expanding them in exchange for facilitating the lives of the Palestinians and offering them “temptations.”