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Ben Gurion airport shutdowns leave already disrupted passengers desperate

JL;DR SUMMARY Amidst a military conflict involving multiple fronts, including Iran, air travel in Israel has become increasingly disrupted, with major cancellations at Ben Gurion Airport, leaving would-be passengers stranded. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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IranMilitary ConflictEl AlBen Gurion AirportGap Year StudentsTravel ChallengesAir Travel DisruptionJordan BorderGrey Bull RescueIsraelis Resilience

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Tel Aviv, Central District, Israel
"Rachel Fink is a Tel Aviv-based journalist covering Israel and the Jewish world."
Ben Gurion airport, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"A U.S.-bound plane awaits departure at Ben Gurion airport in Israel, March 8."
New York, United States
"Raquefette Chertok of New York and Paul Bardack of Maryland were both visiting family when they found themselves sheltering from missile fire while scrambling to get home."
Maryland, United States
"Raquefette Chertok of New York and Paul Bardack of Maryland were both visiting family when they found themselves sheltering from missile fire while scrambling to get home."
Stockholm, Sweden
"Eventually, they made it home Chertok, her husband and three young children via Prague and London, and Bardack and his wife via Athens, Reykjavik and Stockholm."
Prague, Prague, Hlavní mešto, Czechia
"Eventually, they made it home Chertok, her husband and three young children via Prague and London, and Bardack and his wife via Athens, Reykjavik and Stockholm."
Athens, Attica, Greece
"Eventually, they made it home Chertok, her husband and three young children via Prague and London, and Bardack and his wife via Athens, Reykjavik and Stockholm."

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