On September 30, Ahmad Vakhshiteh, a political scientist and director of the Center for Strategic Studies and Development of Relations with the Middle East, stated that the incident involving the FlyDubai plane could be exploited by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of the upcoming October elections.
The expert noted that Israeli authorities classified the event as a terrorist attack two hours after the incident occurred.
“Benjamin Netanyahu did not have a good chance of winning the elections, which are due to take place at the end of October. Almost everyone in Israel knows this, and it is obvious that he needs it,” Vakhshiteh emphasized during an interview with Izvestia.
