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El Al Under Fire After Re-Seating Women Away From Orthodox Men
Ryan Boyd June 26, 2018
Israel flag carrier El Al is facing a boycott from Israeli tech firm NICE Systems after an incident in which the airline again re-seated female passengers aboard a flight due to requests from male Orthodox Jewish passengers that flight staff do so.
“At NICE we don’t do business with companies that discriminate against race, gender or religion,” said Barak Eilam, CEO of Nice Systems.
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El Al Under Fire After Re-Seating Women Away From Orthodox Men
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If he feels a need to not sit next to a woman, HE should be the one moved, either to another seat or off the plane, I don't care which. Alternatively they can move the woman up to a higher class, if that is her wish.
How predictable, the same people that accuse others of hate are ignorantly displaying their own hatred here in the comments. This article is deliberately written to make it seem sexist however women can, should and do make the same complaints when women are the majority and the man needs to move.
If there is a seating issue with the ultra conservative men, MOVE THEM. Why were the women moved?
El-Al is required to abide by US anti-discrimination laws when it flies to/from US ports of entry. El-Al recently lost a suit about this in a suit brought by a concentration camp survivor who was forced to move because an Orthodox Jew complained. The Orthodox Jew should have been politely escorted off the plane. If we accept this behavior, we will see racist beliefs get treated as religiously protected rights. If one person's religion prohibits them from sitting next a woman, what do you do when the next person claims a religious objections sitting next to a black?
"Where does one persons’ rights end and the next persons’ begin? Very simple. Your right to swing your fist ends at my nose. ... doesn’t he have the right to have his recognized religion’s beliefs adhered to? " No. Your beliefs do not give you the right to interfere with other people going about their lives. The fact that you are on a diet does not mean you can stop me eating a donut.