Unless things have changed, this is the normal sort of route taken by ELY a/c from India, SE Asia etc. to Israel. It is required to avoid entering Arab airspace & has been happening for a very long time. The same is true of other routes out of Israel to other destinations which would otherwise enter Arab airspace. It may be, with a certain thaw in diplomatic relations with some Arab countries, that ELY are now able to fly more direct routings. I don’t know.