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Lufthansa cancels 'flytilla' activists' tickets to TA
Lufthansa German Airlines canceled the plane tickets of dozens of passengers planning to participate in the "flytilla" attempt to land en masse at Ben-Gurion Airport on Sunday, #Airflotilla2 website reported Friday.The pro-Palestinian website uploaded a scanned image of one of the canceled tickets that a passenger had received, and reported that the same notification had been sent to dozens of activists on Thursday, informing them that their reservation had been canceled "by order of Israel." #Airflotilla2 is an online campaign supporting Welcome to Palestine 2012, the umbrella organization overseeing the initiative. According to the campaign organizers, Lufthansa informed the passengers that "Israel produced a list of names of persons to whom this country denies entry," and that their names were on the list. The message quoted by #Airflotilla2 stated that their tickets had been canceled and they would be refunded. According to "Welcome to Palestine 2012, some of the people whose flights were canceled are not associated with the campaign. Posted by: tipper 2012-04-13 |
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