He must have had a good time practicing his hobby each weekend. There are other Israeli Arabs who have joined ISIS so they can reminisce together about the old days.
A paraglider sails from Israel to Syria -- and thereby hangs a mystery
Israeli soldiers at the Syrian border south of the Golan Heights during a search operation on Oct. 25. The army reported that an Israeli Arab paraglided into Syria in an apparent attempt to join the civil war.
(Atef Safadi / European Pressphoto Agency)
Batsheva Sobelman
With no diplomatic relations and decades of mutual enemy-state status, there are no direct flights from Israel to Syria. But where there’s a will, there’s a way.
An Israeli army surveillance post spotted a man in a paraglider entering Syrian territory on Saturday and lost visual contact when he landed on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights in a rebel-controlled area and appeared to be picked up.
Paragliding is a common sport among Israelis and it's common to see enthusiasts riding the skies on the Israeli side of the Golan Heights on weekends. But crossing the border is an entirely different matter.
The incident kicked off a massive military mobilization overnight as army forces fired flares and scoured the area while intelligence circles tried to find out if an Israeli was unaccounted for anywhere.
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A paraglider sails from Israel to Syria -- and thereby hangs a mystery
A paraglider sails from Israel to Syria -- and thereby hangs a mystery
Israeli soldiers at the Syrian border south of the Golan Heights during a search operation on Oct. 25. The army reported that an Israeli Arab paraglided into Syria in an apparent attempt to join the civil war.
(Atef Safadi / European Pressphoto Agency)
Batsheva Sobelman
With no diplomatic relations and decades of mutual enemy-state status, there are no direct flights from Israel to Syria. But where there’s a will, there’s a way.
An Israeli army surveillance post spotted a man in a paraglider entering Syrian territory on Saturday and lost visual contact when he landed on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights in a rebel-controlled area and appeared to be picked up.
Paragliding is a common sport among Israelis and it's common to see enthusiasts riding the skies on the Israeli side of the Golan Heights on weekends. But crossing the border is an entirely different matter.
The incident kicked off a massive military mobilization overnight as army forces fired flares and scoured the area while intelligence circles tried to find out if an Israeli was unaccounted for anywhere.
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A paraglider sails from Israel to Syria -- and thereby hangs a mystery
