Woman Sues El Al for Gender Discrimination
Jesse Tabit April 01, 2016
A Boeing 777-200 (R) and a Boeing 737-800 (L) of Israeli airliner EL-AL sit at the tarmac at Ben Gurion International airport on October 28, 2009. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
An 81-year-old woman is suing El Al Airlines for discrimination after she was allegedly asked to move on a December 2015 flight because her Orthodox Jewish seatmate did not want to sit next to a woman. “The man had no other reason to complain than my gender – and that’s unlawful discrimination,” said Renee Rabinowitz, a retired attorney.
Rabinowitz is being supported by the Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC) and is seeking 50,000 shekels, or more than $13,000.
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