Israel has urged Russian authorities to protect Israelis and Jews in their jurisdictions following the incident.
Hundreds of people were pictured storming into the main airport in the Dagestan region and onto the landing field to protest the arrival of a plane coming from Tel Aviv, Israel. Hundreds of people have stormed the main airport in Russia’s Dagestan region where a plane from Tel Aviv had arrived, chanting
Video on social media showed some in the crowd waving Palestinian flags and others trying to overturn a police car. A crowd of people, some with Palestinian flags, broke into the airport in search of passengers on a flight from Tel Aviv.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement that Israel “expects the Russian law enforcement authorities to protect the safety of all Israeli citizens and Jews wherever they may be and to act resolutely against the rioters and against the wild incitement directed against Jews and Israelis.
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