Israeli company El Al and France end their litigation – Liberation

In very stormy relations these days between France. However, Israel, a thorny file has, it seems, nevertheless settled this week between the two states. Meanwhile, For almost six months. Furthermore, the work visas of the security agents of the Israeli national company EL AL have not been delivered or renewed. Furthermore, A response. Therefore, according to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to the way in which French diplomatic staff were treated when they travel on a flight from EL AL.

Traditionally. Meanwhile, any passenger who embarks aboard this company must submit when registering his luggage or the allocation of his boarding pass to a security questionnaire. Meanwhile, A practice that dates from the 1970s, when the diversions and terrorist actions were particularly aimed at this company. In addition, According to the Quai d’Orsay. israeli company el al france the procedure would have been applied in a fairly “systematic” To those who work at the Embassy or the French Consulate in Israel. Hence the retaliatory measures of the French authorities.

The grimace soup is visibly finished. After a series of discussions between the Embassy of Israel in France. the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, an agreement would have been reached on the basis of “everyone takes a step towards the other”. On the Israeli side, a commitment to the security control takes place in peace whatever the moment. On the French side, a release of work visas. Libération was able to confirm this information of Israeli diplomatic source. On the other hand, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, despite several requests, refused to comment.

Another element should help appease this situation. Until the month of July. many French diplomatic or consular agents israeli company el al france who went to Israel had no choice but to go through the EL AL company, the only one to serve Tel Aviv when most American or European carriers had stopped their flight due to war with Gaza and then with Iran. Most European Union companies. including Air France and its subsidiary Low-Cost Transavia, have resumed their flights to this destination since mid-July. There should therefore be mechanically fewer French travelers with diplomatic status on El al. The use being to favor the national company, Air France.

However. a point of friction remains: after the verbal message sent last week by an air controller from the center of Athis Mons to an El Al driver at the end of the takeoff of a Paris-TEL-Aviv flight. In place of the traditional: “Good flight” Before transmission to another air navigation service. the controller then gave the crew of a israeli company el al france «free Palestine». It has since been suspended, for the time of a disciplinary procedure which should last about three months.