lego 44,165 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Israeli passengers on a recent Aegean Airlines flight from Greece to Israel forced the cabin crew to remove two Israeli Arabs from the flight before allowing it to take off, according to a report by Israel Radio. The incident occurred at Athens airport on Monday night, when Jewish Israeli passengers decided that the two Israeli Arab passengers on the flight constituted a security risk. After bringing their concern to the attention of the crew, they prevented the flight from taking off by standing in the aisles. The two Israeli Arabs finally acceded to crew requests that they disembark, in return for a hotel room and compensation. According to the airline, “an initially small group” of passengers “very vocally and persistently” demanded that two Israeli Arab citizens be “checked for security issues.” With the flight unable to take off, the captain called the airport police, who checked the “documents and identities” of the two passengers and found nothing amiss. But by then, “a much larger group of passengers” had begun protesting the presence of the two Israeli Arabs, “despite the assurances given by the crew, according to Aegean Airlines.” The flight was delayed by more than an hour-and-a-half until the two Israeli Arab passengers agreed to disembark. Even after that, the group of passengers insisted that the crew conduct an additional security check, causing the captain to warn them that they would be forcibly removed from the plane without compensation. At that point, the passengers took their seats and the plane took off for Tel Aviv. "We again thank the two Israeli passengers who agreed to disembark for their understanding and collaboration and we apologize for the whole episode, which was indeed extremely unfortunate,” the Aegean Airlines spokesman said. MK Michal Rozin (Meretz) called for an urgent meeting of the Economic Affairs Committee to discuss the incident. "The State of Israel has a responsibility to its citizens," Rozin argued. "I can't be that a commercial company, which has signed aviation agreements with Israel, allows itself to disembark passengers based on their physical appearance at the demands of (other) passengers." Rozin continued, placing blame for the incident on government leaders, saying that "the prime minister and his ministers sow fear and hate through slander and incitement, and this is the result. The government must understand that marking Israeli-Arab citizens as potential terrorists leads to the loss of morals and values that endangers our future as a society." http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.695633?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&v=89870C1A3D5CC7F32918DA9A1FDECE3B FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego 44,165 Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 the comments Why didn't they throw the disruptive passengers off? How disgusting. Thanks for the hate speech, Bibi, Miri, and Ayalet. Shame on Aegean Airlines too. They should have thrown the inciters off the plane. Can you just imaginge the worldwide headlines if this had been the other way around?! FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didymus 34,380 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Hilarious. What kind of unabashed ignorance on the part of the protesters. Rozin is 100% correct Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brizoda 4,176 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 23 minutes ago, SubRosa said: the comments Why didn't they throw the disruptive passengers off? How disgusting. Thanks for the hate speech, Bibi, Miri, and Ayalet. Shame on Aegean Airlines too. They should have thrown the inciters off the plane. Can you just imaginge the worldwide headlines if this had been the other way around?! I imagine : ANTISEMITISM ANTISEMITISM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emvee 8,826 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Is this disgusting behavior prevalent in Israel? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didymus 34,380 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 It's indeed a shame that the protesters weren't forcefully removed from the plane. Now thàt would've been a good news article. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didymus 34,380 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 1 minute ago, Rising said: Is this disgusting behavior prevalent in Israel? Israeli Arabs are basically unofficial second rate citizens. Though Netanyahu actually wanted to reform the law so that they would officially be second rate citizens Too bad he didn't do it, it would've been illegal under international law. Not that Israel hasn't been getting away with breaking that for the last decades Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GloZell Green 11,723 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 DISGUSTING Lady Gaga | Shakira Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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