Racial discrimination against Pro-Palestinian costs Air France
A court in France has fined French flag carrier Air France 10,000 euros ($12,800) for removing a pro-Palestine activist from a Tel Aviv-bound flight because the passenger was a ‘non-Jew.’ - On Thursday, the court found Air France guilty of a ‘clear-cut case of racial discrimination’ against Horia Ankour, who had intended to travel to Israel in April 2012 to attend the Welcome to Palestine protest. On the plane, an airline employee asked the 30-year-old nursing student whether she had an Israeli passport or was Jewish. After answering no to the questions she was escorted off the aircraft. The court has also ruled that Air France pay Ankour some 3,000 euros in damages and to cover her legal fees.
L'Indépendant: Une Audoise pourrait bien faire condamner Air France - Avec ces deux questions discriminatoires, j'ai été choquée. Cataloguée. Mais surtout humiliée", confiait hier la jeune Carcassonnaise, Horia Ankour, peu avant le début de l'audience au tribunal de grande instance de Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis). Bien qu'entourée de quelques amis, la militante pro-palestinienne avait du mal à cacher sa nervosité.