Overview

• Élise, the 22-year-old leader of the Club Kineret camp, says she was thrown to the floor and arrested by Spanish authorities and accuses Vueling of antisemitism and lying.
• The July 23 incident saw 44 French Jewish adolescents and eight supervisors removed from a Vueling flight from Valencia to Paris-Orly at the pilot’s request.
• Camp organizers say some of the group were wearing visible Jewish religious garments, including kippas and tsitsits, which they believe prompted discrimination.
• Vueling and Spanish authorities describe the action as a response to passenger behavior, while French and Israeli officials have pressed the airline for explanations.
• A discrimination lawsuit filed by families is moving forward as both Vueling’s internal probe and a Spanish prosecutor’s investigation remain active.