Monday, June 27, 2011

Delta airlines bans Jews from American flights to Saudi Arabia

Jews and Israelis, or passengers carrying any non-Islamic article of faith, will not be able to fly Delta AirLines flights from the U.S. to Saudi Arabia under Delta's new partnership with Saudi Arabian Airlines.

Although Delta announced in January that the Saudi airline would join its SkyTeam network next year, the implications of the deal only came to light recently, according to people who have scrutinized the details.

Saudi Arabia bans anyone with an Israeli stamp in their passport from entering the country, even in transit. Many Jews believe the kingdom has also withheld visas from travelers with Jewish-sounding names.

Religious items such as Bibles that are not related to Islam may be confiscated at the airport.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

All American Jews should consider using another domestic carrier for all flight domestic and international who does Delta think that they are exhibiting this type of discrimination. Very much reminds me of the 1930 and Nazi Germany.