15 hours ago
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
With Israel's Major Airport Shut Down, Citizens Scramble to Get Home
When Shay Bialik and her husband, Ido Dembin, left their nine month-old baby to attend an Israeli-Palestinian peace conference in Paris, they thought surely they'd be back in time for a meeting with doctors to discuss a surgery that could give their deaf daughter a chance to hear. But a few hours after they landed, Israel launched a surprise attack on Iran. Its skies are now closed indefinitely.
'I would swim to Israel to make sure we make it on time,' said Dembin.
