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BDS kills Spain-Tel Aviv flight

Jessica Weinstein

BY Jessica Weinstein

July 21, 2016 09:20

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The Spanish region of Galicia lost out on a direct flight to Israel with El Al as a result of its boycott of Israel. The plan - to open a service from Santiago de Compostella to Tel Aviv - failed after the city passed a BDS motion, filed in November.

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