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German Court Verdict Allowing Kuwait Airways to Discriminate Against Israelis to Be Appealed

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December 18, 2017
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A German court鈥檚 verdict allowing Kuwait Airways to discriminate against Israelis is going to be appealed.

The case at hand involves an Israeli who is claiming that Kuwait Airways prevented from purchasing a ticket simply because he is Israeli. In November, a court in Frankfurt with the airline on the grounds that they were 鈥渕erely respecting the laws of Kuwait,鈥 referencing the Kuwait government鈥檚 policy of refusing businesses to provide services to Israelis.

According to a press release from The Lawfare Project, the appeal 鈥渁ided and abetted Kuwait in imposing its antisemitic, anti-Israeli laws even though such discrimination is illegal in Germany.鈥

鈥淲e thought we had consigned antisemitism to our history books,鈥 Nathan Gelbart, the The Lawfare Project鈥檚 German counsel, said in the press release. 鈥淭he Frankfurt District Court’s verdict has allowed antisemitic discrimination to be imported into our country and helped whitewash and sanitize it. We cannot allow our laws to be subverted by the state-sponsored racism of other nations.鈥

Prominent German officials condemned the court鈥檚 ruling.

鈥淎n airline that practices discrimination and anti-Semitism by refusing to fly Israeli passengers should not be allowed to take off or land in Frankfurt,鈥 Frankfurt Mayor Uwe Becker Reuters.

Foreign Ministry Secretary Michael Roth also called the ruling 鈥渋ncomprehensible.鈥

The Lawfare Project is optimistic about the appeal.

鈥淲e are very confident in the merits of this case, which seeks to address a flagrant violation of human rights in Germany,鈥 Brooke Goldstein, executive director of The Lawfare Project, told the Journal in an emailed statement. 鈥淭his has been echoed in a multitude of statements from Germany鈥檚 political leaders condemning Kuwait Airways鈥 discriminatory and anti-Semitic policy. There should be no place for this kind of hateful and discriminatory policy in Germany, and we are hopeful that country鈥檚 political and legal system will act to end it immediately.鈥

The Journal in October that Germany had opened an investigation into Kuwait Airways鈥 practice of banning Israelis from their flights. The United States government concluded in 2015 that it was illegal for Kuwait Airlines to ban an Israeli from flying from New York to London, resulting in the airline to put an end to such flights.

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