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| 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!
