The Federal Aviation Administration lifted its ban on U.S. flights to and from Israel Tuesday night.
According to a statement officials made the decision after taking stock of the security situation in Israel and the measures that the goverment has put in place since a rocket landed one mile from Tel Aviv’s airport on Tuesday.
The U.S. ban went into effect Tuesday afternoon.
Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg flew to Israel Tuesday on its national airline El Al in a show of solidarity and as a protest to FAA restrictions.
He was greeted by Israel’s Prime Minister on the tarmac.
“You have to take reasonable precautions, but you cannot shut down everything just because one terrorist someplace on the other side of the world says ‘I’m going to be a threat,’” Bloomberg said.
Before he leaves, Bloomberg will meet with Israel’s president and pay his respects to an American who was killed in Gaza over the weekend while voluntarily serving in the Israeli Defense Forces.
He will also meet with a Teach for America delegation stationed in Israel.
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