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   The Israeli cabinet has announced plans to build a new international airport.   
   Another airport is already under construction.   
       
   The new airport is to be built in Ziklag, approximately fifteen kilometers   
   from the Gaza Strip. It is approximately 75 kilometers from Tel Aviv Ben   
   Gurion Airport, the country's largest airport with 19.1 million passengers per   
   year.   
       
   The government also wants to further develop the airport at Ramat David, near   
   the border with Lebanon.   
       
   "Only in this way can we truly respond to the growing demand from tourists and   
   air travel for the many millions of people who come to the country every   
   year," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a televised address to the   
   ministers.   
       
   Eilat, in southern Israel, is currently the country's second-largest airport.   
   However, this airport is only used for limited international air traffic.   
      
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