Most of the Jewish campers booted from Vueling flight have since reached their destination, Foreign Ministry says

After 50 Jewish summer campers were removed from a Vueling flight at the Valencia airport in Spain last night, the Foreign Ministry says that most of the group has reached their intended destination and the remaining passengers departed on a separate flight a short while ago.

The Foreign Ministry and the Israeli Embassy in Madrid “maintained continuous contact” with authorities at the airport following the incident, the ministry says in a Hebrew-language statement.

“Israel, the Foreign Ministry, and Israeli missions around the world will continue to act and provide assistance to Israelis and Jews in distress wherever they may be,” adds the ministry.

Around 50 Jewish students from France were forcibly removed from a Vueling flight at Valencia Airport on Wednesday evening, apparently after singing in Hebrew.

According to reports, the group — part of a Jewish summer camp — stopped singing when asked, but police were called anyway and ordered the campers and their director off the plane.

Vueling denied accusations of antisemitism, claiming the campers were disruptive, mishandled emergency equipment, and ignored safety instructions. However, some witnesses allege staff made inflammatory remarks, including calling Israel a “terrorist state.”

The Foreign Ministry has intervened in several other incidents that caused concern for Israeli and Jewish safety abroad this week, including an Israeli-owned cruise ship that was blocked by anti-Israel protesters from docking a Greek island, and two Israelis who were briefly detained in Belgium after an organization lodged a complaint against them, citing alleged war crimes in Gaza.