Chairman Arnon Bar-David of the Histadrut Labor Federation has sent a letter to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, urging him to intervene and to postpone the scheduled closing of Sde Dov Airport on the Tel Aviv coastline to make room for apartments.
Eilat residents and others have claimed that the relocation of Sde Dov flights to Ben-Gurion International Airport will pose a hardship. In his letter, Bar-David said, "I am addressing you a moment before a move that has historical implications for tens of thousands of [union] members and citizens of the State of Israel."