WORLD IN BRIEF : HUNGARY : Flights of Jews to Israel Suspended
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The Hungarian airline Malev suspended flights of Soviet Jews to Israel because of a threat by a Muslim extremist group in Lebanon, the state news agency MTI reported. The threat by Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine warned all airlines against carrying Soviet Jews to Israel.
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