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Source: http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/new-york/ground-kuwait-airways-israel-bias-city-councilmembers
NY Councilmen Call to Ground Kuwait Airways for Israel Bias
(New York Jewish Week) Stewart Ain - Calling Kuwait Airways' refusal to sell tickets to Israeli citizens "intolerable" and "blatant discrimination," 10 members of the New York City Council are asking the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to either enforce anti-discrimination laws or stop the airline from operating at Kennedy Airport. An Israeli, Eldad Gatt, filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Transportation after Kuwait Airways in 2013 refused to sell him a ticket from New York to London. On Oct. 22 the department directed the airline to "cease and desist" from refusing to sell tickets to Israeli citizens. The Lawfare Project, a group that was created with the help of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, brought the matter to the attention of the City Council.