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16 Nov 2017

Author:
Kirsten Grieshaber, abc News

German court: Kuwait Airways can refuse Israeli passengers

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A German court ruled Thursday that Kuwait's national airline didn't have to transport an Israeli citizen because the carrier would face legal repercussions at home if it did... The court said it didn't evaluate whether "this law make sense," but that the airline risked repercussions that were "not reasonable" for violating it... An Israeli citizen sued the airline after he booked a flight from Frankfurt to Bangkok with a stop-over in Kuwait City. Kuwait Airways canceled his booking when he revealed he had an Israeli passport and offered to book him on another airline. The man refused the offer and filed the lawsuit, seeking compensation for alleged discrimination. He also insisted the airline should have to accept him as a passenger... The court rejected his discrimination claim ruling that German law covers discrimination based on race, ethnicity or religion, but not nationality. Germany's Central Council of Jews [called] it "unbearable that a foreign company operating based on deeply anti-Semitic national laws is allowed to be active in Germany."