Overview

• On July 23, Vueling crew and the Guardia Civil disembarked about 50 French Jewish adolescents and their chaperones from a Valencia-Paris flight, citing repeated safety-protocol breaches and alleged tampering with emergency equipment.
• Vueling has maintained the removals were based solely on flight-safety concerns and has categorically denied any religious bias in its decision.
• Israeli Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli and the Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain have condemned the incident as antisemitic and urged the airline to provide a detailed, documented account.
• The group spent a night in Valencia before returning to France on alternative carriers, and one chaperone was briefly handcuffed by the Guardia Civil at the terminal.
• Club Kineret’s organizer, through lawyer Julie Jacob, is preparing a formal complaint alleging physical, psychological and religious discrimination and is demanding full transparency from Vueling.