As I just landed in Israel on Thursday, March 19th on one of the very few flights arriving for the Passover Holiday, words can not describe the gratitude that I have for being here and reuniting with my family in Jerusalem. Since my arrival there have been multiple visits to the bomb shelter and sirens every day which has only reinforced my Faith and conviction that there is no other place on this earth that I would rather be. Arriving at Ben Gurion Airport (which is usually bustling with people from all walks of life), I arrived at baggage claim with virtually no wait time at Passport control. On the Airport Tarmac, there was not a single International airline plane arriving or waiting to take off and instead there were American Airforce jets that are now using Ben Gurion as a refueling station as the War with Iran rages on. At least 14 U.S. refueling tankers have been spotted lining the runways. The airport is operating with strict limits, sometimes restricted to just one departing flight per hour, in which most foreign airlines have paused........

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