Air France is found guilty of discrimination and debarring a pro-Palestinian activist from the flight because she was not of Jewish origin.
The airline was ordered by the court to shred a sum of € 13,000 as fines for causing damages to the reputation of the appellant, a 30 year old nursing student.
This incident took place when Horia Ankour was going to join with other hooligans gathering for the “flytilla” campaign at Tel Aviv taking place in April. A number of pro-Palestinian campaigners were landing in Israel to accumulate at the West Bank for protests.
However Air France has made an excuse “she was on the objectionable person’s list handed by Israel that is why we assisted to debar her from the airplane”. Flytilla campaign in Israel at the west bank made the Israel government release such list to stop the entry of activists to their land. Israel is the only way to reach the West Bank because of the unavailability of the airport for the Palestinian people.
In late April, she was taking the Air France flight to make up to the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv for the ongoing Israeli campaign, that was organised by various organizations of civil society, for the issues concerned with the cross border policies and the foreign occupation permits. The Palestinian people all over the world were welcomed for this camaraderie revolt furnished by locals.
After the flight boarded, Ms Ankour was interrogated by an employee of Air France. He asked about her passport if it is of Israel or Jewish. The lady nodded for the two questions. After that, she was accompanied to get off the plane.
The verdict given by the French judiciaries included the charges of racism. In defence, Air France officials presented the point that at the last moment, they come to know that Ms Ankour is on the Israel Blacklist. They further added that they were abiding international rule of refusing their transport services for passengers who are suspected to get entry at the entrance point by the airlines.
After the verdict, this was cleared by the Air France officials that they will look further for higher judicial authorities. The reports from BBC reporter Hugh Schofield have revealed that the French associates were going through the law, but the inspection about the native origin proved as the fault in the proceedings. It became strong point for Ms Ankour and made her win the case with ease. The debarring of a passenger from the flight was wrong after questioning about their race resulted in such blame on the Air France Company.
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