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Oct 9, 2026, 6:34 PM

Why do security files stop at borders that extremists cross freely?

Flydubai airplane at Ben Gurion airport (AP/Alon Bernstein)

After almost every terrorist attack, governments condemn, express solidarity and promise cooperation. Then the shock fades, and each returns to its own agencies and databases. Extremist ideas, money and recruiters cross borders more easily than the intelligence that might...

Oct 7, 2026, 6:45 AM

Imagine If This Plane Had Landed in Israel

Flydubai Boeing 737 MAX 8 A6-FKF at Dubai International Airport, 2 January 2026. This aircraft was later involved in the terrorist attack on Flydubai Flight FZ1073. Attribution: UB-TY144, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Flydubai terrorist attack has everything a conspiracy theorist could want. Except, inconveniently, the plane had landed in Saudi Arabia. Imagine for a moment that Flydubai flight FZ1073 had landed in Israel. More ominously, imagine that it had crashed. The jihadi co-pilot...

Michael Zoosman

Oct 5, 2026, 7:36 PM

Opposing the Death Penalty for the Perpetrator of the flydubbai Terror Attack

We, the thousands of members of “L’chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty,” from across Israel, the United States, and the world, condemn the calls for the death penalty for the terrorist who perpetrated the flydubbai FZ1073 cockpit attack. Israeli...

Oct 1, 2026, 11:27 PM

After FZ1073, Europe Spoke in Different Voices

The passengers, the captain, and the cabin crew of Flydubai flight FZ1073 are heroes. When catastrophe threatened, they acted. They fought back, helped regain control of the aircraft, and saved lives. What happened afterward was less straightforward. European capitals struggled...

Oct 1, 2026, 3:57 PM

A Miracle in Plane Flight

This is an account of the nightmare that occurred at 34,000 feet, and the miracle that transpired at 17,000, aboard Flydubai airline’s flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. The flight, carrying 174 people, was making its way toward Israel when,...

Purna Lal Chakma

Oct 1, 2026, 1:01 PM

Should Israel Allow All-Muslim Cockpits on Israel-Bound Flights?

After the FZ1073 incident, Israel faces a difficult aviation-security question: should all-Muslim cockpits on Israel-bound flights receive additional scrutiny? AI editorial illustration created by the author for this article.

On September 30, 2026, Flydubai Flight FZ1073 was flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv when, for roughly 30 seconds, the Boeing 737 carrying more than 170 people plunged nearly 14,000 feet. Inside the cockpit, Captain Smit Machchhar was bleeding...

Oct 1, 2026, 7:17 AM

Terror at 34,000 Feet

At 3:05 a.m. UTC on September 30, Flydubai Flight FZ1073 lifted off from Dubai bound for Tel Aviv. For more than two hours, there was little to distinguish it from the thousands of commercial flights crossing the Middle East every...

Eliezer Avraham

Oct 1, 2026, 6:08 AM

Bravery Without Borders: Honoring Modern Guardians of Jewish Life

AI Illustrated Image

A proposal for Israel to establish a Presidential Citation for Civil Courage and a modern Righteous Guardians of Life classification for non‑Jews who save Jewish lives in moments of war or terror. The Moral Imperative to Recognize Courage Beyond Borders Israel...

Oct 1, 2026, 2:35 AM

Somewhere Between Heart and Brains Lies Reason

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk ( AI)

Ask me what I like most about Israel and you will receive the same answer I have given for years: the Israeli spirit. It is something difficult to explain to people who have never experienced Israel beyond the headlines. It...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Sep 30, 2026, 11:39 PM

Saudi Tabuk Action Prevents an Israeli 9/11

Netanyahu’s disastrous wishful thinking routinely leads our country to misread the Middle East, treating fleeting tactical relief as a geostrategic victory. The catastrophic vulnerability of this regional security architecture became undeniable on September 30, 2026, when Flydubai flight FZ1073...

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