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How Israel’s political parties plan to fix the public transportation crisis

Traffic jams, driver shortages and long waits pose a major challenge for Israel’s next government; Ahead of the election, parties are offering competing plans to overhaul public transportation, from higher driver pay to sweeping structural reforms

Sivan Hilaie | 10.07.26

Police probe two Israeli aviation security officials after flydubai attack

Investigators are examining whether Avri Cohen held a second security job without approval and whether Dvir Rubinstein’s private firm provided consulting to Flydubai and Emirates, airlines he was responsible for overseeing at the Transport Ministry

Hofit Cohen Azoulay, Calcalist | 10.07.26

מטוס פליי דובאי שזנבו נשבר אחרי ניסיון הריסוק שלו אחרי שנחת בסעודיה

Israel’s ‘deep state’ debate: How Israel’s bureaucracy gained so much power

Opinion: The Zionist test is shaping a secure, prosperous and functioning Israeli society; Abandoning reality means abandoning Zionism, while a sense of victimhood leads only to a crash, sometimes even a plane crash

Oz Bin Nun | 10.06.26

Flydubai payments to Israeli aviation security official exposed as Trump points to Iran

Aviation security chief Dvir Rubinstein privately worked for foreign airlines as years of warnings went unaddressed; despite Israel’s lone-actor assessment, Trump again points to Iran

Sivan Hilaie | 10.06.26

Not just Dubai: Small airports expose Israel’s aviation security gaps

Explainer: State comptroller warned of serious aviation security failures, but plans for a central authority went nowhere; Transportation Ministry, Shin Bet and other agencies trade blame; former officials warn poorly secured small airports abroad could pose the next threat

Itamar Eichner | 10.04.26

Flydubai attack exposes security gap: Israel vets private-flight pilots, not foreign airline crews

A 2018 warning about foreign pilots went unresolved, and no Israeli agency takes responsibility for vetting commercial crews; authorities rely on airline declarations, while officials admit they cannot know who has entered Israel in recent years

Itamar Eichner | 10.04.26

Transportation Minister Miri Regev; flydubai airliner

Report: Transportation Ministry warned foreign-flight security was 'too big' for its security division

Shin Bet relinquished responsibility in 2021, a classified comptroller report flagged the gap in 2024 and Netanyahu transferred oversight in 2025; since then, the ministry has not sought help from security agencies, Army Radio reported

ynet | 10.04.26

Shin Bet chief David Zini, Transportation Minister Miri Regev

How was an Omani pilot flagged for extremism cleared to fly to Israel? The failures and hard questions

Omani co-pilot was reportedly grounded over jihadist radicalization and rejected by another airline, yet cleared to fly to Israel despite crew screening laws; after alleged attempt to crash jet, questions mount over who failed and who will investigate

Itamar Eichner, Sivan Hilaie | 10.03.26

Israel's metro takes next step toward a driverless future

Israel's metro project takes a major step forward as NTA opens prequalification for $8 billion in tenders covering hundreds of driverless trains, signaling and power systems, with foreign bidders required to partner with Israeli cybersecurity firms

Sivan Hilaie | 08.24.26

פקקים בשל עבודות בכביש. השיא יגיע בעוד שלוש שנים |

Israel’s late-night traffic nightmare is about to get worse—here's why

Weeknight closures are trapping drivers across the country as infrastructure projects expand, while officials warn the heaviest disruption will come when construction begins on the Tel Aviv metro

Sivan Hilaie | 07.23.26

33 US refueling aircraft remain at Ben Gurion Airport, threatening major flight delays

Thirteen American tanker aircraft were due to leave by Tuesday evening, but escalating tensions with Iran are expected to keep them in place; officials are avoiding cancellations for now, though the arrival of even one additional tanker could force them

Iris Lifshitz-Klieger | 07.21.26

US jets exit Ben Gurion, ending summer flight disruption scare

Agreement to relocate dozens of US military aircraft from Ben Gurion Airport removes remaining threat to more than 200,000 airline tickets after earlier fears of mass cancellations

Iris Lifshitz-Klieger | 06.26.26

Ben Gurion flight crisis eases as US aircraft may leave, but cancellations still loom

Israel Airports Authority says progress on removing some American refueling and transport planes from Ben Gurion Airport has reduced the risk from 2.4 million affected tickets to hundreds of thousands, but warns more aircraft must leave

Iris Lifshitz-Klieger | 06.16.26

Stranded abroad due to Iran war, Israelis could be told to split the bill

As flight disruptions drag on during Operation Roaring Lion, officials are weighing a plan to divide costs among the state, airlines and passengers, while legal protections for canceled flights and compensation remain in flux

Iris Lifshitz-Klieger | 03.26.26

Flydubai to operate rescue flights for Israelis stranded in UAE

Tourism Ministry said about 9,000 foreign tourists have left Israel since the start of the military campaign against Iran, while about 28,000 remain in the country, down from nearly 37,000 at the start of the operation

Iris Lifshitz-Klieger, Nina Fox, Sivan Hilaie | 03.06.26

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