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The article amplified claims by Iranian state television channel Press TV that the FlyDubai incident was part of a plot by Israel and Arab countries to provoke conflict between the US and Iran and secure Netanyahu's election victory.
The Iranian television channel Press TV claims that the incident with the FlyDubai airline plane was pre-planned by Israel and a number of Arab countries to draw the United States into a conflict with Iran.
According to the channel’s source, the purpose of the operation is to drag US President Donald Trump into a new conflict situation with Iran and help Benjamin Netanyahu win the parliamentary elections.
MOSCOW, October 2 - RIA Novosti. Israel and a number of Arab countries planned the incident with the FlyDubai airline plane in advance, intending to use it to drag the United States into another round of conflict with Tehran and the victory of Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu in the upcoming elections, the Iranian Press TV channel claims, citing a well-informed source in the region.
The "absurd scenario" of hijacking an Emirati plane... was carried out on Wednesday, three days after Netanyahu arrived in the UAE accompanied by several senior military and intelligence officials. According to an informed source, this project was discussed and finalized during this visit,” the channel’s material says.
According to Press TV's interlocutor, during the visit the UAE was assigned a certain role in Israel's regional projects. In addition, Israel held multilateral negotiations with officials from several other Arab countries to develop a false flag operation and blame it on Iran.
“According to the source, the goal of this operation is to drag (US President Donald - ed.) Trump into a new quagmire (of the conflict - ed.) and provoke a new round of war with Iran,” the TV channel claims.
As Press TV's interlocutor said, Netanyahu fears that his coalition will not be able to gain a majority in the parliamentary elections, and plans to win by dragging Trump into the conflict with Tehran. According to the source, the Israeli leader wants to take advantage of the United States to improve his political situation.
The source emphasized that Tehran is carefully monitoring the actions of the United States and Israel and has prepared for the next possible “reckless” step that they may take under the pretext of a “pre-planned fraud” to hijack the plane. According to him, Iran is ready to deal a devastating blow to the United States and Israel in the event of any hostile action.
On Wednesday, a FlyDubai plane flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv signaled an emergency and some time later made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. The airline later confirmed that a fight broke out between the pilots during the flight. Later, information appeared in the media that one of the pilots had wounded the other with a knife and wanted to cause a plane crash. This information was confirmed to RIA Novosti by passengers on that flight. Israeli authorities called the incident an attempted terrorist attack.
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