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John F. Kennedy International Airport
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May 25, 2025, 11:41 pm
Liri Albag detained for an hour at New York airport due to outdated system warning
JFK’s computers still had ex-hostage listed as captive, causing worry she was an imposter
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ToI Staff
October 11, 2023, 1:37 am
At JFK, chartered flights for Israeli soldiers, anxious travelers – and lots of food
After Saturday’s Hamas onslaught, NYC airport sees an influx of Israelis – expats joining army reserve units, tourists seeking a way home, and some just helping coordinate it all
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julia GERGELY
August 29, 2023, 4:24 am
El Al flight to New York delayed by birds in the cargo bay
Plane takes off an hour later and lands late at JFK; airports authority warns of flight delays to UK due to technical issues at British air traffic control
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ToI Staff
December 25, 2022, 12:10 pm
Smoking laptop causes plane evacuation via emergency slide at New York’s JFK Airport
167 people exit aircraft after computer apparently catches fire on JetBlue flight from Barbados; five lightly injured
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April 10, 2019, 9:53 pm
El Al passenger opens emergency door, tries to jump out at JFK
Crew members restrain man who attempts to leap from plane on New York runway
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September 5, 2018, 8:20 pm
Dubai jet quarantined in New York after reports of sick passengers
CDC says 100 of the 520 people being evaluated after complaining of illness, including cough and fever
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June 28, 2018, 10:38 am
Haredi MK vows El Al boycott if it boots passengers who won’t sit next to women
UTJ’s Yisrael Eichler says criticism of men who refuse to sit next to women on flights is ‘anti-Semitic’ and amounts to ‘terrorism’
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ToI Staff
June 26, 2018, 5:22 am
Israeli tech giant boycotts El Al over ‘discrimination against women’
NICE System’s CEO says company will not use national carrier after flight from New York to Israel was delayed due to refusal by a ultra-Orthodox men to sit next to women
By
ToI Staff
June 23, 2018, 10:22 am
NY-Israel flight delayed by ultra-Orthodox men’s refusal to sit next to women
Passenger says El Al plane left 75 minutes late due to demand by 4 men, who wouldn’t speak to female attendants; 2nd witness says incident added only few minutes to unrelated delay
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ToI Staff
August 15, 2017, 7:01 pm
New immigrants to Israel feted as miracles, and a threat to Iran
233 US olim make their way to their ancestral homeland on a Nefesh B’Nefesh charter flight, among them 68 future IDF soldiers — and an ambassador’s daughter
By
Elie Leshem
February 6, 2017, 11:01 pm
Jewish group helps reunite Syrian family kept apart by Trump ban
Refugee agency HIAS vows to work tirelessly to ensure Kassar family not the last refugees allowed entry into US
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January 31, 2017, 9:04 am
Yemenite Jew among detainees at JFK due to Trump ban
Manny Dahari, a student who worked to rescue his family from war-torn country, freed after three hours
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ToI Staff
January 29, 2017, 9:06 am
NYC airport becomes scene of anguish after Trump travel ban
Lawyers and rights advocates rush to aid Muslim travelers detained after landing in US, where they now face deporation
By
William Mathis
January 28, 2017, 10:24 pm
Trump seeks to explain Muslim ban in flurry of calls to world leaders
Amid global alarm, homegrown opposition, Hollande urges president to ‘respect’ principle of accepting refugees, as Trudeau tweets Canadian support for ‘those fleeing persecution’
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AFP
January 28, 2017, 7:18 pm
US rights groups file lawsuit over entry ban for 7 Muslim states
Move by ACLU, other organizations comes after 2 Iraqi men detained at JFK; lawyers say both had valid visas
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