Regev on aviation security Assigns intelligence roles

Oct 3

Ayala Hasson redirects Miri Regev from her dispute with Keren Terner to the Transport Ministry's responsibility for the incident. Regev defends ministry staff and says Terner does not know what she is talking about. In her answer, she describes aviation security as complex and says intelligence is divided between the Shin Bet for Israeli flights and flights chartered by Israeli airlines, and Mossad for foreign airlines such as Flydubai. Hasson asks who decided El Al would not fly to Dubai. Regev answers the Shin Bet, then says no security agency had said Israelis could not fly to Dubai on foreign airlines, which is why Israelis travel there. She concludes that security agencies must determine the threat level and whether a destination can be flown to. The excerpt presents her position without independently establishing the allocation of responsibility.

In her October 3 Kan News Shabbat interview with Ayala Hasson, Transport Minister Miri Regev answers questions about responsibility following the Flydubai incident. She assigns aviation intelligence for Israeli and Israeli-chartered flights to the Shin Bet and for foreign airlines, including Flydubai, to Mossad. Asked about El Al not flying to Dubai, she attributes that decision to the Shin Bet, says no security agency had said Israelis could not travel there on foreign airlines, and says security agencies must determine destination threat levels and whether travel is possible. She also dismisses Keren Terner's criticism and defends her ministry's staff. These are Regev's attributed public claims about responsibility and travel restrictions.