“Truly the Pagans are unclean” — Qur’an 9:28. So also are the People of the Book, from the looks of this story.
“Saudis Nix Israeli Planes over ‘Contamination,'” from Israel National News, September 6 (thanks to Tziona, who also supplied my headline above):
(IsraelNN.com) Minister of Transportation Yisrael Katz (Likud) noted that the Saudis rejected that Israel be given air rights.
In a live interview broadcast Sunday morning on Voice of Israel government radio, Katz said that the Saudis rejected the proposal that Israeli planes be permitted to fly over Saudi Arabia. The Saudis claim that Israeli planes would “contaminate” Saudi holy cities if they fly over them.