DUBLIN, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Ryanair may not

return to Israel when violence related to the Gaza war recedes,

Group Chief Executive Michael O'Leary said on Thursday, saying

the airline was being "messed around" by airport authorities

there.

"I think there's a real possibility that we won't bother

going back to Israel... when the current violence" recedes,

O'Leary told journalists in Dublin.

The airline earlier this summer said it would not return to

Israel until October 25 at the earliest.

O'Leary said that Ryanair objects to the fact that Tel

Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport charges it the higher rate for use of

the main terminal when the cheaper low-cost terminal is closed

for security reasons.

"Unless the Israelis kind of get their act together and stop

messing us around, frankly, we have far more growth elsewhere in

Europe," he said.

(Writing by Conor Humphries; Editing by Sharon Singleton and

Emelia Sithole-Matarise)