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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 434

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Jewish passengers who were kicked off a Lufthansa flight on May 3, 2022, were greeted by the police once they arrived in Frankfurt. (Courtesy via JTA)
October 16, 2024, 3:16 am
In record, US fines Lufthansa $4m for denying boarding to Jewish passengers in 2022
Department of Transportation says fine over incident in which 128 Jews were prevented from boarding is the largest ever against an airline for civil rights violations
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Palestinian-American Noor Wazwaz shares her experience trying to board an El Al flight on July 18, 2023. (Screen capture/X)
August 30, 2023, 6:30 am
US said to investigate El Al’s alleged discrimination against Palestinian-American
US Transportation Department launches probe after journalist barred from boarding flight following hours of screening; case comes as Israel aims to enter US Visa Waiver Program
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
A before and after photo depicting how a painting of Jesus at the US Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York, is now obscured by a curtain. (Before: US Coast Guard; After: US Merchant Marine Academy via JTA)
January 18, 2023, 8:14 am
US Merchant Marine Academy covers huge Jesus painting after religious freedom outcry
Jews were among those who complained about painting’s location in a room where events with mandatory attendance are held
By Ron Kampeas
Then-Democratic US presidential candidate and former South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg walks to speak with members of the media, March 1, 2020, in Plains, Georgia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
December 15, 2020, 11:25 pm
Biden to pick ex-presidential candidate Buttigieg as transportation chief
US president-elect has compared 38-year-old former South Bend mayor to his late son; Buttigieg would be first LGBT cabinet member if confirmed
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and Jonathan Lemire
An illustrative photo of a Kuwait Airways plane taking off from Berlin-Tegel Airport in Germany in September 2014. (screen capture: YouTube)
January 17, 2016, 9:05 pm
Kuwait Air ends New York service Monday over refusal to carry Israelis
US Department of Transportation required carrier to cease ‘unlawful discrimination’; instead it ceased route
By JTA
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