Saudi Arabian Airlines reportedly is discriminating against Israeli citizens by refusing to let them fly from U.S. airports.
The New York Post reported that for customers booking on online, the airline’s website
has no drop-down menu options for anyone holding an Israeli passport,
even though, as the Post pointed out, there is a drop-down menu option
for Antarctica citizens. The airline appears to prevent passengers
simply looking to transfer in Saudi Arabia to another country, as well.
“No city in the world has closer ties to Israel than we do, and yet
Israeli citizens are being discriminated against right here at JFK. It’s
not only illegal; it’s an affront to who we are,” said public advocate,
and mayoral candidate, Bill de Blasio, who conducted a recent telephone
sting on the Mideast nation’s airline.
When a member of de Blasio called the airline --trying to book a
ticket from JFK to Mumbai, India -- identifying themselves as an Israeli
passport holder, the caller was told by an agent that they would not be
able to fly.
“Since you have Israeli nationality, you will not be allowed to go on
Saudi Airlines,” the agent said, after consulting a supervisor.
Federal law says an “air carrier or foreign air carrier may not
subject a person in air transportation to discrimination on the basis of
race, color, national origin, religion, sex or ancestry.”
FoxNews.com has reached out to Saudi Arabian Airlines seeking comment and has not gotten a response.
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