Israel's airlines will operate "special flights" for American

In spite of the obvious dangers of flying out of Israel, El Al Airlines announced on Friday that it will operate "special flights" for those Americans whose flights were canceled due to the conflict with the Iranian regime.

The airline will operate six dedicated non-stop flights from Tel Aviv to New York's JFK and Newark airports for American citizens starting March 16. The flights are in coordination with the U.S. State Department,

The available information is as follows: 

Target Audience: U.S. citizens in Israel with cancelled flights due to security conditions.
Booking/Rebooking: El Al will proactively contact passengers with cancelled tickets for rebooking.
Registration Form: All U.S. citizens looking for flights should fill out the special form at elal.com/eng/about-elal/news/special-flights-to-usa.
Alternative Options: The U.S. Embassy advises checking other carriers, as Ben Gurion Airport is open for limited commercial flights.

Americans needing assistance should also complete the U.S. Department of State crisis intake form.

"Thousands of American citizens whose flights back to the United States were canceled due to the war with Iran are currently staying in Israel," the airline wrote on X.

"As part of an arrangement between the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, and EL AL, beginning March 16, we will operate six non-stop flights from Tel Aviv to New York designated exclusively for American citizens. These flights are expected to depart at full capacity, subject to Government Approvals," it added.

Thousands of American citizens are currently stranded in Israel after widespread flight disruptions and cancellations caused by the conflict.

According to the airline, the flights are being arranged in coordination with the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem.

Officials expect the flights to depart at full capacity, pending final government approvals.

Starting Sunday morning, EL AL will begin proactively contacting American citizens who hold valid EL AL tickets whose flights were canceled and who have not yet been reassigned to other flights. Those passengers will be offered seats on the special flights at no additional cost.

At this stage, priority placement is being given to passengers who were originally holding EL AL tickets whose flights were canceled.

PLEASE NOTE:

* Registration does not guarantee placement.
* Flight schedules and eligibility criteria may change based on security and airspace developments.
* Those with existing EL AL bookings will be prioritized initially.

The airline said it is prepared to expand the number of special flights for American citizens if necessary, noting that the initial six flights will only partially address the high demand among those seeking to return to the United States.

Any expansion of the program, EL AL said, will depend on additional approvals from government authorities.

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Virgin Atlantic Airline accused of anti-Semitism at JFK

Virgin Atlantic, so execrable, they're boycottable 

In one of the most densely Jewish populated cities in the United States, namely New York, two Jewish women were reportedly treated with a strong dose of anti-Semitism at JFK International Airport. The incident occurred on June 17th and the women filed a complaint after being denied permission to fly for no stated reason.

The women planned to fly to Tel Aviv with a layover in London. They had their boarding passes and were waiting at the gate for their 11:59 flight. However, when they presented their passports at 10:50 p.m., a Virgin Atlantic anti-Semitic staff member who they said had "dark skin" and wore a cross, took them aside and told them they were being denied permission to fly and were then taken off the passenger list, and their luggage removed from the plane possibly for being Jewish since they were given no explanation.

The women said that they felt their removal from the flight was motivated by anti-Semitism and there does not appear to be any alternative explanation, especially since it was learned that other Virgin Atlantic staff members at the gate began mocking them and making anti-Semitic statements directly towards them.

El Al staff witnessed the obvious anti-Semitism and were shocked by what they saw, and they agreed the actions seemed discriminatory because, in fact, they were!

The two women were forced to pay an additional $800 for new tickets at the El Al counter and have filed a complaint with Virgin Atlantic.

Anyone of good character who sees this as wrong should air their thoughts to the company. And while Virgin Atlantic said they received the complaint by you know, those Jews, they said they're conducting their own investigation and if it turns out the women are not Jewish, they promise to apologize. [Kidding--the women are Jewish and no apology seems forthcoming.]

Since October 7th, anti-Semites have exposed themselves for the haters they truly are. There has been an increase of reports whereby Jews had been denied service by companies that need to be boycotted, and where Jews have been targeted for harassment.

For example, a French hotel refused to honor a reservation made by an Israeli family last week, cruelly leaving the family of three out on the street in the middle of the night. The hotel that should be put on the no-go list is the Novotel Porte de Versailles, in Paris. The family of Mahmoud Omri, an Arab-Israeli, and his wife and three-year-old child were checking in to the hotel.

Omri made his reservation well ahead of time, with the price set beforehand. But when he went to sign in, the receptionist, possibly named Rolf or Sigfried, saw they were carrying three Israeli passports. 

The receptionist suddenly became hostile, clicked his heels, raising his hand slightly above parallel to the ground, palm down, said something in German, then announced that the price for the room had now increased and the original reservation could not be honored. 

His demeanor changed when he saw our Israeli passports,” Omri told La Parisien on Monday. “He suddenly said we would have to pay 1,219 euro for the room and that our reservation was invalid.”

Since when has hatred become acceptable, or even fashionable? Oh wait, there was that Nazi thing some years ago and that other thing called Islamic jihad.

But never forget: Am Yisrael Chai!

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Netherlands airport apologizes for Muslim security worker who harassed former Hamas hostage

Last week, two Israeli women, one of whom was a Hamas hostage, were taking a flight from the main international airport in the Netherlands when a Muslim security staffer, originally from Pakistan, harassed and publicly humiliated them when he saw their Israeli passports. 

For more on what happened, go here.

Since then, Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport issued an apology. “It is clear that the two passengers did not feel that they were treated appropriately. We regret and apologize for this. We will make sure that such situations do not happen again in the future.”

What are they going to do about it?

The incident in question took place on Friday when the Israeli women, one of whom was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7 and later freed from captivity in Gaza, were attempting to go through airport security for their El Al flight back to Israel. When the security scumcrumpet saw where they were from, he allegedly became aggressive and verbally abusive. I say 'allegedly' because that's what I'm supposed to say, but I fully believe this actually happened knowing what I do about the so-called religion of peace.

The anti-Semitic officer singled them out for being in the wrong security line, told them to move, and then threatened to fine them, Israeli news website Ynet reported. The racist then proceeded to remove them from the line and began to scream at them, reportedly making derogatory remarks about the fact that they are Israeli. [H/T  Algemeiner.com]

That seems pretty clear about his feelings regarding Jews--he couldn't even hide it at work. 

An escort for the women then called Israel’s embassy in the Netherlands, which in turn called El Al’s security team at the airport. The airline’s security team cleared the situation and assisted the Israeli women in getting to their flight gate.

The escort, who was not named, said in a statement to Israeli media it was “as if we had committed some terrible crime … I have never had such a humiliating experience. Everything was intentional — it was very clear that he saw the Israeli passport and it ignited him. We felt attacked and humiliated. He had evil in his eyes.”

The Israeli Embassy in the Netherlands said it will be filing a formal complaint over the incident, which will result in nothing changing most likely.

“This is especially painful considering all the trauma the abductee has already suffered,” Modi Ephraim, the Israeli ambassador to the Netherlands, told Dutch media.

It was not clear from the airport’s apology whether disciplinary action was taken against the security worker, but all bets are off that they fired him. Anti-Semitism has become horribly acceptable among the left and has skyrocketed in many European countries since the October 7, 2023 Hamasshole invasion of Israel and the massacre and atrocities against humanity. 

In fact, there has been an 800 percent increase in the number of anti-Semitic incidents recorded in the weeks immediately following the terrorist group’s atrocities. 

According to reports, the two women were part of a delegation sent by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to speak to groups about the experience of hostages who were held in captivity by Hamas terrorists.

Now let's talk about Islamophobia.

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