Jerusalem's posh airport had direct flights to Iran. This is what it looks like today - Israel News
Follow Apr. 20, 2021 During the Second Lebanon War in 2006, Bank Leumi decided to lift the spirits of the people and handed out hundreds of thousands of blue stickers promising, “We will win.” Somebody stuck one on the desk in the control tower at Atarot Airport. The present state of the airport in northern Jerusalem, 20 years after it was closed down at the height of the Second Intifada, tells us nothing about its magnificent past. The room we stand in is a ruin. Pieces of long-obsolete computers are strewn on the floor; lengths of cable, sheets of metal and chunks of insulation hang dow...