Israel is threatening to block incoming flights into the newly opened Palestinian airport in the Gaza Strip if its officials are prevented from inspecting the planes. The threat came after Israel said its officials were not allowed to inspect an Egyptian plane carrying Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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