Last week, would-be passengers were saddened to learn that American Airlines would be canceling its Tel Aviv-Philadelphia route, the airline's only direct flight to the US.
The airline said the decision to stop the flights effective January 4 was financial, but an article in The Marker citing unnamed "sources in the aviation industry" claimed the decision was political.
American's ties with Arab airlines through the OneWorld alliance, the article claimed, "due to the OneWorld global alliance, whose members include Arab carriers like Qatar Airways and Royal Jordanian," were at the heart of the decision.
Others speculated that, following the nuclear deal with Iran, American was trying to pave the way for a