Etihad Uses Social Media to Refute Anti-Israel Travel Charges
Photo Credit: Etihad Airways route map doesn't list Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv because it doesn't fly there, but the airline said it transported 1,000 Israeli passport-holders in 2013. Etihad Airways
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The UAE and Israel clearly aren't chummy, but Etihad appears to have a fairly open policy about transporting Israeli passport-holders.
Now that U.S. Customs and Border Protection operates a controversial pre-clearance facility at Abu Dhabi Airport, Etihad Airways, the United Arab Emirates' national airline, finds itself in the line of fire.
The airline, one of the fastest growing in the world, has taken to Twitter to refute charges in a New York Post article that Etihad "has wiped Israel from its flight map," and refuses to board Israeli passengers.
Etihad indeed doesn't fly to Israel -- nor does
