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April 5, 2013       Share:    

Source: http://www.jta.org/news/article/2013/04/04/3123486/air-france-fined-for-kicking-protester-off-flight-to-israel

Air France Fined for Removing Pro-Palestinian Activist from Flight to Israel

(JTA) A French court on Thursday ordered Air France to pay a $12,800 fine for ordering pro-Palestinian activist Horia Ankour off a flight to Tel Aviv, the L'independant reported. Ankour, 30, had attempted to fly to Israel from France last April to take part in the Flytilla campaign. Europe's main airlines canceled some 300 tickets at Israel's request. An Air France spokesperson said the company was acting in compliance with the Convention on International Civil Aviation which requires airlines to refuse to fly passengers who are "declared inadmissible in the country of destination."

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