Delta adopts Saudi ‘no-Jew’ fly policy
Challenge to discrimination building as Congress, lawyers warned of plan
Delta Air Lines’ plan to add Saudi Arabian Airlines to its SkyTeam Alliance of partnering companies would require the American carrier to ban Jews and holders of Israeli passports from boarding flights from New York or Washington bound for Jeddah, prompting outraged accusations of illegal religious discrimination.
The issue, which has caught the attention of the American Center for Law and Justice already, was raised when Washington attorney Jeffrey Lovitky was perusing airline procedures for travel.
“As we learn more about the issue and facts, we are determined to ensure that American citizens do not face discrimination by airlines like Delta that are passenger code-sharing with Saudi Arabian Airlines, said Colby M. May, director and senior counsel of the ACLJ.
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Harold
To the best of experience it is the Passport that makes it an issue. Our group was held up at the border of Tunisia years ago, because a Jewish passenger had an Israeli passport. He also had a letter with American passport from the embassy but he wanted to use the Israeli passport and have it stamped, that was refused. Well there is a standing Internatonal Law reason that describes the way a nation can recognize the legal existance of another nation, one is the passport. None of the Arab League Nations have officially recognized Israel on existing borders.