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- ↑ "The Movement for Quality Government gets involved in the power struggle over the running of Kiryat Shmona airport" (in Hebrew). The Marker. 2007-01-27. Retrieved 2007-04-05.
- ↑ "News collection: From the North to the South" (in Hebrew). Yedioth Ahronoth. 2007-03-12. Retrieved 2007-04-05.
- ↑ "Airline to stop flights to Galilee as of June 1" . Retrieved 2007-05-19.
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