Anti-Israeli anarchists fought police at airports in Brussels and
Paris after being denied permission to fly to Israel Sunday. Several
were arrested.
Air France, Lufthansa and British Airways previously announced the
cancellation of more than 400 reservations. The anarchists threatened
to sue the airline companies.
The “fly-in,” which has been hyped by mainstream media and
particularly those in Israel hoping for demonstrations that would
embarrass the Netanyahu government, so far has been a disaster for
promoters.
Only a handful of activists managed to land at Ben Gurion Airport,
several of them having arrived on an El Al flight. Approximately 40
had been arrested by 3 p.m. Sunday, and more are expected to arrive
by evening.
One activist was a Portuguese citizen who arrived from Jordan and who
was arrested when he landed after the pilot indentified him as
causing a disturbance on a Royal Jordanian Airlines flight.
