BICOM
23rd December 2020
The Associated Press all report on Israel upcoming March election. All the papers note that after the government failed to reach an agreement over its budget, the Knesset automatically dissolved leading to the country’s fourth election in less two years.
Reuters report on the historic Israeli flight to Morocco yesterday. The papers note that the flight, operated by El Al airlines, was the first direct flight by a commercial airline from Tel Aviv to Rabat. Both countries anticipate a surge in tourism given the significant population of Israelis of Moroccan descent.
The Times reports that a US submarine armed with a 154 Tomahawk land-attack cruise missile surfaced in the Persian Gulf. The submarine was ordered to surface as a show of strength amid ongoing tensions with Iran. This marked the first time in eight years that an Ohio-class guided-missile submarine was seen in the Gulf. The paper notes that the US Depa