THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, April 20, 1919 11
El Al Cancels Friday Charters After Pressure from Orthodox
TEL AVIV (JTA) —El Al,
Israel's national airline, has
been forced to cancel a $10
million charter flight deal
with an American tour
operator because of protests
by Orthodox groups in Is-
rael and the U.S. that the
scheduled Friday night de-
partures violated the Sab-
bath.
Transport Minister Haim
Landau, who refused to
ratify the agreement, said
he was not surrendering to
pressure from religious cir-
cles but simply taking cog-
nizance of- economic
realities.
About half of El Al's
passengers from the U.S.
East Coast are Orthodox
Jews who prefer the Israeli
carrier because it serves
only kosher meals. Harold
Jacobs, chairman of the
Union of Orthodox Jewish
Congregations of America,
issued a statement in New
York in which he declared:
"Your (El Al) total disre-
gard. of Halkha and world
Orthodox opinions is a-dis-
grace and ifyou will proceed
with thiS action, the Ameri-
can Jewish community will
do what is necessary to pre-
vent the desecration of the
Sabbath by an Israeli
organization."
The El Al management
here expressed surprise at
Landau's ruling. They ex-
plained that the charter
agreement with Travel
Tours was aimed at its
non-Jewish market which
El Al has been striving to
expand. El Al in fact has al-
ways operated on Saturdays
and Jewish holidays — ex-
cept Yom Kippur — for the
benefit of Christian pil-
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