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Netanyahu claims flydubai co-pilot received Islamist radicalization
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that the co-pilot involved in an attempted aircraft crash had undergone Islamist radical indoctrination, Al-Monitor reported. The incident involved a passenger jet heading to Israel operated by flydubai, the budget airline based in Dubai.
Netanyahu's remarks linked the co-pilot's actions to religious extremism, though details about the specific circumstances of the attempted crash were not disclosed in the statement.
