Ali Abunimah writes: Air France demanded to know the religion of a passenger on a flight from Nice to Tel Aviv and removed her because she is not a Jew.
The 15 April incident, confirmed by an Air France official, may violate international and European law by subjecting prospective passengers to illegal religious discrimination.
Over the past few days, Israeli authorities have reacted to an effort by hundreds of European travelers to visit the occupied West Bank at the invitation of Palestinians, by stationing hundreds of armed police and soldiers at the main international airport at Lydd, detaining and expelling travelers, and ordering European airlines to prevent boarding of travelers that Israel has placed on a political blacklist.
Several European airlines meekly complied with these Israeli orders, canceling tickets of those arbitrarily blacklisted by Israel.
The revelation that passengers are being subjected to religious tests takes this complicity with Israel’s apartheid policies to shocking new levels. [Continue reading…]
How much more rope does Israel need to hang itself with?
RE: “How much more rope does Israel need to hang itself with?” ~ delia rue
ANSWER: “Give them an inch and they will take a mile.”
P.S. ISRAEL: “A
lightblight unto the nations!”™YOU, my dear friends, delia rue & dickerson3807, are like the Citi Bank shareholders. You can decide on the compensation to the Israeli CEOs collecting their compensation from the ~10 billions/yr US Americans provide and the Israeli people (without whom they wouldn’t have a Citibank– no, piggy pigybank– to plunder). So vote for Congressmen who DO NOT abandon Israel but, like with any other country, learn how to set conditions for aid. That’s what gets us respect alllll ovvvvver the wooooorld!