Iqela labakhweli benqwelomoya abangamaJuda bathintelwa ukuba baphinde bakhwele inqwelomoya ngabasebenzi benqwelomoya yaseLufthansa eFrankfurt, abathi abanye babahambi bebenganxibanga imaski ngexesha lokugqibela lokubhabha. NYC John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Isiganeko senzeke ngexesha le-a Isikhululo senqwelomoya saseFrankfurt Ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya ukusuka eNew York ukuya eBudapest, eHungary kwiveki ephelileyo.
Iqela leeflaya zamaJuda e-Othodoki lasuswa kwinqwelomoya yeLufthansa emva kokuba abanye betyholwa ngokutyeshela iimfuno zabo zokugquma ubuso. Abanye abakhweli abagxothiweyo bathi bathobela imithetho yaye bashenxiswa ngenxa nje yeempawu zabo zonqulo, ngoxa abahambi abangengomaYuda babevunyelwa ukuba bahambe.
Kwimifanekiso eshukumayo ekutyholwa ukuba ifotwe ngomnye wabakhweli ngexesha lotshintshiselwano olushushu nomsebenzi wenqwelomoya ngolwesiThathu, abasebenzi baseLufthansa bavakala besithi "wonke umntu kufuneka ahlawulele isibini," ebhekisa kwabo baye batyeshela imfuneko yokufihla ubuso, kwaye "Yiyo. AmaYuda avela kwi-JFK. Abantu abangamaYuda ababeyingxaki, ababesenza iingxaki.”
Ukuphendula, umkhweli obhidekileyo wafuna ukuba athethe nomphathi, “kuba lo ngunyaka ka-2022, eli lizwe lilizwe lasentshona, kwaye kukho imbali eninzi yentiyo kwihlabathi liphela, kwaye iyoyikeka ke le. Ayikholeleki le nto.”
Wongeze wathi, "Kutheni abantu abangamaYuda behlawula ubugwenxa babanye abantu?"
Uninzi lwabakhenkethi lwaluluhambo lwaminyaka le luze kubona ingcwaba likarabhi ohlonelwayo, uYeshayah Steiner, ongcwatywe kwilali ekumntla weHungary.
Ngokwengxelo, emva kwemiba kwinqwelomoya yangaphambili esuka kwi-JFK ngenxa yokuthotyelwa kwemaski, ukumisa eFrankfurt kwathatha ixesha elide kunokuba bekulindelwe, njengoko inqwelomoya ayizange iqalise ukukhwela kude kube yimizuzu eli-10 emva kwexesha elicwangcisiweyo lokuhamba.
Ngokutsho kwabakhenkethi abathile, inqwelomoya emva koko yaqalisa ukupeyinta abakhweli ngabanye ngamagama, kwaye kuphela abo “babengengawo amaYuda ngokubonakalayo” abavunyelwa ukuba bakhwele.
Omnye umkhweli ochongiweyo uthe wabuzwa ukuba ungoweqela le-NYC na emva kokupheyithwa ngabasebenzi kwaye waphendula ukuba uyedwa kwaye ubhukishe itikiti lakhe. Nangona kunjalo, wathi wayenxibe isinxibo esikhethekileyo senkolo yamaYuda ngexesha lonxibelelwano, kwaye wathi xa wayekwazi ukukhulula ingubo yakhe wabuya neebhegi zakhe, "isango lalivaliwe, kwaye wayengakwazi ukukhwela inqwelomoya."
Abakhweli abagxothiweyo nabo bathintelwa ukuba babhukishe elinye itikiti lokuya eHungary iiyure ezingama-24.
ILufthansa ikhuphe ingxelo, iqinisekisa ukuba "iqela elikhulu labakhweli" lisusiwe kwinqwelomoya "kuba abahambi bala ukunxiba imask egunyaziswe ngokusemthethweni (imaski yezonyango) ebhodini."
“Ngenxa yezizathu zomthetho asikwazi ukulichaza inani leendwendwe ezibandakanyekayo kwesi sehlo, nangona kunjalo iLufthansa iye yaphinda yabhukisha iindwendwe kwinqwelomoya efumanekayo ukuya kwindawo yokugqibela,” yongeza inkampani. "Imfuno yohambo kukuba abahambi bathobele isigunyaziso semaski, yimfuneko esemthethweni."
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- In footage allegedly filmed by one of the passengers during a heated exchange with an airline worker on Wednesday, Lufthansa staffer is heard saying “everyone has to pay for a couple,” referring to those who ran afoul of the masking requirement, and that “It's Jews coming from JFK.
- However, he said he was wearing distinctive Jewish religious garb during the interaction, and that by the time he was able to remove the garment and return with his bags, “the gate was closed, and he couldn't board the flight.
- Responding, the bewildered passenger demanded to speak to a supervisor, “because this is 2022, this is a western country, and there's a lot of history of antisemitism around the world, and this is gruesome.
