Newsletter
Newsletter Support JNS

Man who used anti-Jewish slur removed from American Airlines flight

“I’m trying to get to my home country and you all people made it harder for me to get to my home country,” the man said.

Passengers aboard an airplane
Passengers aboard an airplane. Credit: StelaDi/Pixabay.

A man was forcefully removed from a plane that had not yet departed from Tampa International Airport in Florida after yelling an antisemitic slur at a flight attendant.

The unnamed man, who was aboard American Airlines Flight 2506 bound for Philadelphia on Tuesday afternoon, called the airline staff member a “k**e,” according to video that circulated on social media.

He also said, “I’m trying to get to my home country and you all people made it harder for me to get to my home country,” per the New York Post.

Two people who were not in uniform and who identified themselves as police officers reportedly restrained the unruly man.

The flight took off about a half-hour late because of the incident, reported The Philadelphia Inquirer. Airport police said the man was arrested and charged with “disorderly intoxication and two counts of battery,” the paper wrote.

“Using public funds and benefits to discriminate against religious schools is unconstitutional—period,” said Nathan Diament, of the Orthodox Union Advocacy Center.
Reza Dindar is accused of using a China-based front company to procure U.S. goods and illegally route them to Iran in violation of export controls.
“The results in Iran will be amazing,” the U.S. president wrote. “And if Iran’s new leaders are smart, Iran can have a great and prosperous future.”
The U.S.-led forum focused on how to “effectively disrupt and deter Iran’s terrorist plots and other illicit schemes,” the U.S. State Department said.
“People have every right to protest, but what’s happening here goes beyond that,” Regina Sassoon Friedland, of the American Jewish Committee, told JNS. “The Jewish people will not be intimidated to halt our events and activities.”
“The people remember. The people salute. The people are deeply grateful to the sons and daughters, thanks to whom our existence is assured,” the prime minister said.