Diarmuid Breatnach
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A group of 50 children and their 21-year-old camp director were removed from a Vueling flight by Spanish police after alleged disruptive behaviour on board and refusal to comply with cabin crew instructions.
A storm of protest erupted claiming the children were Jewish and singing songs in Hebrew. Apparently the Vuelling company aircrew did not realise this made it all right and commentators on mass and social media rushed to condemn the airline’s “anti-semitism”.
“Don’t they realise these children have special rights?” commented one aggrieved person.
“Yes, ok, they may have been singing and yes they may have been loud, but for pity’s sake, they were singing in Hebrew,” commented another. “It’s not as though they were Muslims and a threat to the flight. So asking them to stop was clearly anti-semitic.”
Yet another said with exasperation: “So they allegedly tampered with safety equipment. They’re children and youths for God’s sake, what do you expect them to do?”
The Spanish airline pointed out that the children were being rowdy, interfering with safety equipment and refusing to comply with staff requests or instruction. It appears also that the children’s leader refused to ask the children to behave.
A spokesperson for Spanish company Vueling stressed that their aircrew reacted according to their training in passenger management and health and safety requirements which had nothing to do with the religion of any passenger or passengers.
Another commentator seized on this perceived lack in the airline’s training program: “Vueling aircrew clearly need special training in dealing with Jewish children and human rights. I’m sure Israel would be happy to run training programs for them.”
Spanish police responding to calls for assistance from the aircrew ordered the children off at Valencia airport where police stated they were required to restrain one person and exercise control over the group, some of whom were still rowdy and even allegedly becoming violent.
The 21-year-old female camp director of the group was arrested and a very short clip showing a Spanish policeman attempting to handcuff what appears to be a woman on the ground is believed to show her being restrained.
Israel’s Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli echoed the reports accusing antisemitic bias, alleging the arrest of the camp director was a “serious” antisemitic incident.
The French Jewish youth camp from which the children came said they would be making an official complaint of anti-semitism. And some French people are believed to be organising a Spanish boycott.
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(Note: The unattributed comments are fictitious for the purpose satirical enhancement.)
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