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American Airlines cancels flights to Tel Aviv from NY's JFK Airport until at least March 2027

Competing US carriers Delta Air Lines and United Airlines have also canceled flights to Israel, though both are expected to resume service before the end of 2026.

A Boeing 777 passengers aircraft of American Airlines arrives from Milan at JFK International Airport in New York as the Manhattan skyline looms in the background on February 7, 2024; Illustrative.
Arkia Airlines decided to offer New York-bound travelers an affordable solution.

Arkia to add new Dreamliner flights, Airbus A330 to Tel Aviv-New York route

A JetBlue Airbus A321 airplane approaches San Diego International Airport for a landing after a flight from Boston on June 20, 2026 in San Diego, California

JetBlue flight hit drone while approaching JFK airport, FAA says

FILE PHOTO: A worker walks in front of the recently renamed Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 29, 2025.

Kennedy Center orders staff to remove Trump's name from building following federal decision


Lee Harvey Oswald talked to KGB, declassified JFK documents reveal

The Biden administration declassified nearly 1,500 documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

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Delta to increase New York-Israel flights to three per day

This comes after the airline will already be increasing the frequency of its New York-Israel flights from 10 a week to 14 starting June 1.

The interior of Delta's new Airbus A330-900neo aircraft.

US lodges complaint over El Al exclusivity on emergency flights to Israel

Two El Al flights were scheduled to depart from JFK Airport in New York on Thursday, to bring home Israelis who have been stuck abroad.

El Al plane

Remembering JFK, 57 years after his assassination

In his inaugural address, Kennedy said the now world-famous phrase "ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country."

FOUNDING PRIME MINISTER David Ben-Gurion in conversation with US president John F. Kennedy, 1961

Jean Kennedy Smith, last surviving sibling of John F. Kennedy, dies at 92

The eighth of nine children born to Joseph and Rose Kennedy, Kennedy Smith was labeled "the shy Kennedy," long finding herself in the shadow of her famous father and brothers.

Jean Kennedy Smith, sister of Senator Edward Kennedy, is seen during funeral services for her brother at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston, Massachusetts August 29, 2009

JFK and the liberation of Soviet Jewry

What is remarkable about Kennedy’s concern with the rights of Soviet Jews – and his support of the State of Israel – was the fact that he was the son of an antisemite.

THE JOHN F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza is pictured on the 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas.

Delta Airlines to restart Tel Aviv flights in June

All Delta flights to Ben-Gurion Airport were suspended on March 14.

Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 plane on the tarmac at LAX in Los Angeles

How JFK saved Passover for America's Jews

President Kennedy came to the rescue when he issued a special proclamation that granted special permission to import around five tons of wheat flour from Israel that year for matzah making.

President John F. Kennedy signs a proclamation for the interdiction of the delivery of offensive weapons to Cuba during the Cuban missile crisis, at the White House in Washington in this handout photograph taken on October 23, 1962

Body of Robert F. Kennedy's great-grandson recovered from Chesapeake Bay

The remains of 8-year-old Gideon McKean were found about 2,000 feet from where the body of his mother, Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean, was discovered on Monday, the Times said.

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Granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy found dead near Chesapeake Bay

The search for her son Gideon will continue Tuesday, though authorities presume that he is dead.

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