An El Al pilot infuriated some passengers on a flight from Israel to New York on Tuesday when he made a political statement over the public address system.
The pilot announced [in Hebrew and English]: “I want to mention Holocaust Day because things like this can only happen in a dictatorship and the State of Israel is fighting for its democracy these days.”
El Al Airlines issued a statement in response to the incident, saying: “El Al Airlines condemns political statements of any kind by any of its personnel as part of their work and certainly not on its planes, which cannot be a platform for this type of activity. The company instructs that it be avoided, especially on such a sensitive and significant day for Am Yisrael. This rare case, which does not reflect the company’s staff and values, will be thoroughly reviewed by the company’s senior officials. El Al is the airline that carries the Israeli flag on the tail of its planes, and as such reflects the entire Israeli mosaic.”
Likud MK Keti Shitrit stated: “There are quite a few passengers who apparently did not feel ‘most at home in the world’ when the captain decided to give a demagogic political manifesto that cheapens this holy day. I expect the El Al management to address this incident with the utmost severity.”
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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This “holy” day
Mamach that was a powerful message, “for those going in NYC, easy on totalitarism, ok?, because right now, the pilot it’s me! Toda raba!” That pilot is a true tsadik.
actually I heard from Reb avigdor miller’s shiur, someone asked him if democracy is good for the jews, he answered that hitler came into power because of democracy, and under the kaiser’s rule there was no such thing as a holocaust, he wouldn’t have ever let it happen. thanks to democracy there was a rasha like hitler. he also explained elsewhere that under a king there was never any official attacking of the jews, it was only through the churchs in the old days.
leftist shmutz
He’s right.
Today is both יארצייט of the undisputed גדול הדור Moreinu HoRav אביגדור הכהן Miller & יום השואה concurrently
As for this pilot, he should have been thrown off the aeroplane immediately, and the co-pilot would have been quite capable of keeping the ✈️ in good hands
“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.”
The pilot apologized
https://www.kikar.co.il/israel-news/rtbmp1
Any treasonous rat who dares to compare Israel to Nazi’s, is certifiable INSANE.
He has no business flying planes.
Needs to be grounded and fired not tomorrow but TODAY.
Make sure when flying El Al,this criminally insane traitor is not the pilot, and if he is cancel your reservation
These lefties have a place in kafakella with Hitler and Haman yimach shimam.
147,
Can you please elaborate on YOUR term “undisputed Gadolinium Hador”, undisputed by whom?
Gadol…