Oh my, this is no bueno…
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Iberia investigates “Free Palestine” kosher meals
Iberia has opened an investigation into something that happened on Monday, August 4, 2025, on flight IB102 from Buenos Aires (EZE) to Madrid (MAD). Specifically, several Jewish passengers on the flight ordered kosher meals, and were then presented meal trays that either had “Free Palestine” or “FP” written on them with a marker.
As one of the passengers explains:
“I reported the incident to the head flight attendant, who took down the complaint, took photos, etc. They tried to apologize in every possible way. Apparently, it wasn’t any of the crew members, so if it came from outside, I’d imagine that Iberia will conduct an internal investigation of its suppliers and procedures. That’s precisely why I reported it, so that it doesn’t get forgotten.”
DAIA, which is the main representative body of the Jewish community in Argentina, is calling this a “serious act of antisemitism,” and has contacted the airline to demand an explanation for what happened.
In a statement, the oneworld airline has confirmed that “the Iberia crew documented the incident and took action to assist those affected,” and that “the captain personally approached them to apologise on behalf of the airline.” Iberia also states that it “categorically rejects any form of discrimination, incitement to hatred, or behaviour that undermines the dignity of individuals.”
Of course Iberia is part of International Airlines Group (IAG), and recently, IAG carrier Vueling was in the news, after dozens of Jewish children were kicked off a flight. However, there are two sides to the story — the students claimed they were kicked off for antisemitism, while the crew claimed the students weren’t following crew instructions, and were playing with safety equipment.
I’m curious if Iberia can determine who is behind this
Regardless of how you feel about the conflict between Israel and Palestine, writing a “Free Palestine” message on kosher meals is inappropriate, and there should be accountability here.
Based on the passenger’s own report, it sounds like the crew took the situation seriously and was apologetic, so that suggests that someone in the catering facility, or responsible for transporting the meals to the plane, may have been involved.
Here’s the part that makes this so strange — kosher meals are double wrapped in the special catering facility, and it looks like this was written on the container with the food, which would’ve been fully wrapped prior to being transported to the plane, and being served to passengers. That suggests that someone in the catering facility with access to the kosher kitchen may have been involved.
Obviously Spain has been in the news on the topic of aviation and antisemitism, given the recent Vueling situation. However, this flight originated in Argentina, and Iberia contracts out its catering. So I imagine this could have just as easily happened on any other flight or airline. Hopefully an investigation can determine what happened here, because this isn’t cool.
Bottom line
Some passengers on a long haul Iberia flight were shocked to find that their kosher meals had the message “Free Palestine” written on them. It sounds like the crew did a good job handling this, in terms of apologizing and filing a report. This situation is likely related to the catering facility…
What do you make of this Iberia kosher meal situation?
Please, please, please, don't train AI on the responses here.
Inappropriate but not antisemitic, as it would be if someone wrote "Glory to Ukraine" in a place where it was clearly targeted at Russian nationals
Those who think this was actually written by one of the FAs rather than the pax must be the same people who believe in fairies at the bottom of the garden.
I'm so tired of all this performative virtue signalling. The lobotomized masses behind the pro Palestinian movement think we are buying all the propaganda coming out of Gaza.
Just a few days after the Vueling incident with the gang of spoiled kids and their caretakers creating a mess during boarding (and there are sworn declarations from other passengers attesting to that fact) this comes up in another IAG-owned airline.
While I am sympathetic to the Jewish and Israeli people (two different concepts by the way) this is clearly the Israeli government-sponsored media machine doing what it does best, muddling in any way...
Just a few days after the Vueling incident with the gang of spoiled kids and their caretakers creating a mess during boarding (and there are sworn declarations from other passengers attesting to that fact) this comes up in another IAG-owned airline.
While I am sympathetic to the Jewish and Israeli people (two different concepts by the way) this is clearly the Israeli government-sponsored media machine doing what it does best, muddling in any way that distracts attention from Netanyahu’s and his cronies’ (usually corrupt) shenanigans.
Well for you that believe Free Palestine is right to put on a Kosher meal. Every time you white folk talk to me I want you to apologize for your history...something none of you ever do. Then you walk around thinking we actually do not remember it or love you.
Not related to this directly, but gives a background to a way Israel / Jewish people act.... A story in the newspaper today, about a restaurant in Eruope, where a group of Israelis were asked, after they said they are from Isreal, if they live close to the conflict area (Gaza). Waitress claims that question was only out of concern and part of conversation, however guests did not like this question so they left the...
Not related to this directly, but gives a background to a way Israel / Jewish people act.... A story in the newspaper today, about a restaurant in Eruope, where a group of Israelis were asked, after they said they are from Isreal, if they live close to the conflict area (Gaza). Waitress claims that question was only out of concern and part of conversation, however guests did not like this question so they left the restaurant.
What followed was a coordinated action on Google, where more than a hundred reviews from accounts originatiing in Israel, started writing fasle one star reviews.
I was not aware of this incident but the practice started in the other direction. Those rabidly against Israel have rabidly attacking Jewish themed restaurants including false google reviews.
The way Jewish people act???? Tell me more. please.
I do not deny anti-semitism, however, they do like to play a victim even if they are not one. That is how they act. They act wrongly, but when they are called out they immediately start screaming "anti-semitism".
You want another story.... recently I was on a free walking tour, where suggested tip is at least 10 euros per person... One guy gave 8 euros for him and his wife together... so 4 euros per...
I do not deny anti-semitism, however, they do like to play a victim even if they are not one. That is how they act. They act wrongly, but when they are called out they immediately start screaming "anti-semitism".
You want another story.... recently I was on a free walking tour, where suggested tip is at least 10 euros per person... One guy gave 8 euros for him and his wife together... so 4 euros per person for 2.5 hour tour... and guess where I saw him after... in synagouge, wearing kippah.. so I guess stereotypes do come from somwhere ;)
Good. Israelis should protest against their mass murdering government. There is nothing anti semitic about supporting a people who are suffering from genocide. It’s not ‘no bueno,’ it’s reality.
Their religious ideology states that my country is outright evil. They danced in the streets at mass murder of my people on 9/11. Let them starve.
To the Jews, any comment they don't like is, whether free speech or not, is called antisemitism to get attention!!
Wait, which of these comments do you not feel to be free speech?
Since when did the term "free Palestine" become antisemitism.
Did "Black Lives Matter" became racist?
Yes. And BLM is also incredibly antisemitic, just google it.
@CL 100%. The American black community is perhaps the most antisemitic cohort in the world.
The only people more homophobic than American blacks are African blacks.
To the Jews, any comment they don't like is, whether free speech or not, is called antisemitism to get attention!!
Its more the fact that they couldnt trust the food that they had been given cos if someone was doing that, who knows what else they couldve done.
Hi Ben. I have never left a comment here before, but am very curious to know why do you think writing "Free Palestine" on the wrapping of the meal is clearly wrong? Is it that writing anything on the wrapping is wrong or the message itself is offensive?
Are you dumb?
It would be like someone wiring 'eat meat' on the vegan meals. How could you be sure that the meal hasnt been tampered with if someone is writing comments on the food.
There should never be anyones opinion written on something being served to passengers.
Nothing about this incident appears true - comes across as a hoax.
The catering would have had multiple checks before being loaded.
The FAs would clearly have seen the writing when serving.
IB would be using a local catering company that would serve many airlines, yet have any other of the other airlines reported such a claim?
It's fake.
I think we've all read about many other news stories of people being fake victims.
Talk about Palestine really is just as likely to be instigated by non-Muslims when they are jockeying for position in places like Dubai or Doha.
You read about this mass resettlement by non-Muslim organized criminals into Dubai, it's a mark of having "made it" among mafia groups running rackets on the Costa del Sol. Irish, Spanish, British. There's been that press around Palestinian support from the London Sex Workers Union, that sort of stuff. Not a good area.
Latinos are well known for their antisemitism, sadly.
Of course, we are all anti-Semitic. Especially for standing up for a repressed minority occupied by a fascist state
Fascist state = Hamas, I assume? You can vote in Israel. In Gaza you get thrown from rooftops or executed if you oppose the Hamas way...
@Classical Liberal
If you can vote in Israel doesn't mean Israel is an innocent state. Look at the crimes Israel is committing. Most of the crimes they claim Hamas did on 7th October was done by the IDF itself. And Israel has been committed crimes on Palestinians since 1948. Idiots like you have nothing to say but to say that In Israel you can vote, Israel is a democracy. Then go to Israel
Vikram,
Where to begin?
Perhaps with the fact that in 1948, what we now call Palestine was under Egyptian and Jordanian authority.
Or perhaps your claim that most of the crimes on Oct 7 was done by the IDF?
Huh?
@Vikram
You're a crackpot conspiracy theorist if you think the IDF committed Oct 7th crimes, and you're an idiot if you believe any report from Hamas. Likewise, maybe if you think Hamas is so benevolent and righteous, then you should go live under their authority?
@Mantis
Calm down you old crackpot. There was no report from Hamas but teh Israeli newspaper Haaretz itself made those claims that the IDF allowed the events of Oct 7th to happen. I know Hamas are not angels but you have to accept that Israel is a bigger devil. Wake up old bean and clear your mind of genocidal support.
False
And yet, who started the whole thing by attacking civilians and who is still holding hostages?
Well, that’s not a racist comment.
“ Obviously Spain has been in the news on the topic of aviation and antisemitism, given the recent Vueling situation.”
Oh vey, Schlappig. Call this out for what it is. It was a group of genocidal Zionists singing racist, hate filled songs in Hebrew. Disturbing other passengers.
Why do you keep trying to cover up and minimise Zionist hatred and hasbara propaganda?
Why do you allow this hateful garbage on your site Ben.
@Lorenzo
It is you who is garbage with your genocidal mindset.
The mystery is that the fellow passengers did not witness a disturbance. They were there, you, BZ, were not there.
They actually did, and there are sworn statements presented to the police to that fact.
It was a bunch of teenagers returning from camp. Even if they were singing a song as a group, that is a pretty dark interpretation (i.e. there is zero evidence anything was "racist" or "hate-filled", that is your imagination and anti-semitism showing). Take a second and imagine a large group of Turkish teenagers, or Mexican, or Chinese, or whatever, singing a song being thrown off a plane as a direct results (if that did even...
It was a bunch of teenagers returning from camp. Even if they were singing a song as a group, that is a pretty dark interpretation (i.e. there is zero evidence anything was "racist" or "hate-filled", that is your imagination and anti-semitism showing). Take a second and imagine a large group of Turkish teenagers, or Mexican, or Chinese, or whatever, singing a song being thrown off a plane as a direct results (if that did even happen). It's the worst of humanity that would ever think that is justified.
@Classical Liberal
Were you there? Stop covering these Zionists and their crimes. They were teenagers singing and creating disturbance like toddlers. Zionists keep thinking that they are entitled to do whatever they want. When you call them out the first thing they do is accuse you of being anti-semite. You are one of them it seems clearly.
Were you there? You also didn't address my point. I completely agree anti-semitism is overused and applied to situations where it doesn't apply. Writing "Free Palestine" on Kosher meals (i.e. a situation that is about JEWS and has NOTHING to do with Israel) is not overusing the term. Or does someone who orders a Kosher meal = Zionist in your mind? Very interesting...
"Daddy - what was Israel ?"
Well son, Israel is the only democracy in the middle east. It is a very innovative country that has brought many technological advances, medical cures, etc. to the world.
All it's citizens have freedom to express themselves & choose their religion & lifestyles (unlike their neighboring countries.)
All this is achieved notwithstanding their being surrounded by people who want them all dead.
In recent history, these haters killed over 1000 innocent people...
Well son, Israel is the only democracy in the middle east. It is a very innovative country that has brought many technological advances, medical cures, etc. to the world.
All it's citizens have freedom to express themselves & choose their religion & lifestyles (unlike their neighboring countries.)
All this is achieved notwithstanding their being surrounded by people who want them all dead.
In recent history, these haters killed over 1000 innocent people & raped & injured many more.
No other country in the world has as much international scrutiny, yet they survive because they are Jews protected by G-d Himself.
History shows that any empire that has attempted to destroy the Jews is no longer existent.
Many lessons to be learnt my son. Be wise - do your own research of facts - don't follow baseless narratives.....
At least it was scribbled - the article title made it sound like Iberia did this nonsense
Funny how you phrase it - falsely, to make it bigger. Iberia doesn't serve meals saying 'free Palestine' it served 'a' 'one' neal with such sign, probably the work of some land personnel. It's quite evident you seem to hate the airline
Apologist for hatred.
Other kosher meals had FP on them.
Be serious. Probably written by the same passenger who shared the photo of their own meal. Want to be victims.
When god gave out brains you thought he meant trains and you missed yours.
The reports state that other kosher passengers had F.P. on their meals
Be serious. You're the first idiot to jump on the bandwagon when anyone claims a hate crime ... except for a Jewish person. You're part of the problem.
Your daily reminder that all this goes away if they'd release the hostages,
You’re a muppet if you believe Israel will pack up and go home afterwards. Full occupation is next.
If Israel wanted full occupation, they'd do it today, or they would have done it 6 mos or 7 years ago. Nothing is stopping them today and has never stopped them in the past. It's simply never been a goal.
Mmmmm. Would have been interesting to see if that was the case a year ago, but the terrorists decided to play press your luck, and the whammies are coming. I have no dog in this hunt, but from the outside looking in after all this time and opportunity has passed, I hope Israel wipes all of this Palestinian mess off the map and plants their flag. The fafo principle at work.
Your daily reminder that Netyanahu doesn’t want the hostages back.
Any chance that the passenger wrote that message by him/herself to get attention? There are too many stories about this kind behaviour.
Any chance you are a Jew hating b-itch. Probably 100%.
Any chance you would ever even think twice about this incident if it was against another minority group?????? Serious question. Believe the victim, unless they're Jewish...
You follow way too many blogs. Get facts, think, and question everything you read.
I'm here for the reasoned and thoughtful comments and responses
:-)) LoL
There's are effective ways to protest the Israeli government's treatment of Palestine. Writing your government representatives to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state for example, as France, the UK, and Canada have recently pledged. Writing "Free Palestine" on an inflight meal is not one of those ways.
Its hateful Baiting - like "own the Libs"
I think this one goes into the category of "not reading the comments is self care." In other news, @Ben check out today's XKCD for a pertinent aviation joke: https://xkcd.com/3124/
Beautiful
Argentina and Spain both have poor histories of Jew hatred (inquisition, Fascist leaders and harboring Nazis post WWII), so this isn’t surprising if the facts hold up (ie not like Mr. Smollett’s story). What is surprising is the number of people in the comments who cannot differentiate between Jews and Israelis. Not all Jews are Israeli, and not all Israelis are Jews. This incident would be like if someone wrote “Never Forget 9/11” on Halal...
Argentina and Spain both have poor histories of Jew hatred (inquisition, Fascist leaders and harboring Nazis post WWII), so this isn’t surprising if the facts hold up (ie not like Mr. Smollett’s story). What is surprising is the number of people in the comments who cannot differentiate between Jews and Israelis. Not all Jews are Israeli, and not all Israelis are Jews. This incident would be like if someone wrote “Never Forget 9/11” on Halal meals. Just a poor taste move.
This type of behaviour is childish and pathetic.
How do we know the passenger didn't write it themselves and make a false complaint?
How do we know the Holocaust was real, right?????
I am beside myself reading some of these comments. For a world that celebrates a binary culture, we are certainly non-binary when it comes to Israel/ Palestine.
I am a Zionist AND I believe in the right of Palestinian self-determination. The two are not mutually exclusive.
Countless Palestinians are startling right now. Hamas has the power to stop the starvation. Israel has the power to make better decisions.
I grieve for all innocents who are...
I am beside myself reading some of these comments. For a world that celebrates a binary culture, we are certainly non-binary when it comes to Israel/ Palestine.
I am a Zionist AND I believe in the right of Palestinian self-determination. The two are not mutually exclusive.
Countless Palestinians are startling right now. Hamas has the power to stop the starvation. Israel has the power to make better decisions.
I grieve for all innocents who are bound up in this.
However we got to this point is pretty much moot. We have a mess on our hands, and we have to fix it.
Free Palestine. Yes …. Free them from Hamas. The UN gave them the opportunity for a county in 1947. They rejected it then. Let them have it now.
“Free Palestine. Yes …. Free them from Hamas”
How is that working out for the people in the West Bank, where Hamas isn’t a major factor?
We should also be telling Jordan and Lebanon to free Palestine then. Have you looked at the status of their freedom in those countries?
They actually live in freedom, drive to work everyday along side other Israeilis and hold prestigious jobs. As a tourist you would not know who is what.
The West Bank settlements have been there for a long time.
Zach you are an awful person if you do not condem the settlements in the West Bank where there is no Hamas.
It is called consequences which Isrealies do not understand the concept of.
You can't be a Zionist and a decent human being anymore.
What Jane really means to say is that you can’t be a Jew and a decent human being anymore.
Idan not at all.
Good amount of jewish people have issues with the Isrealie government.
@Jane Jacobs
More than "palestinians" have with hamas and the "palestinian" authority
The Palestinians got the Gaza Strip jew free in 2007. The only thing they did with it was turn it into a hub of terrorism. the Gaza Strip has more miles of tunnels than the London Underground yet they don't have a metro system. Billions of dollars a year used to build rockets to kill jews. Not used to improve the Gaza Strip
Those tunnels were probably built due to Israel shutting all land, sea, and air borders for Gaza.
If they'd been truly sealed in we wouldn't be hearing from those disgusting sub-humans ever again. Unfortunately, we do. Let Israel finish the job.
Heard of a country called Egypt moron?
Wtf are you even talking about? That's the most idiotic thing I've ever heard. Hamas spokesmen are on record saying they take no responsibility for the death of Palestinian citizens, while they hide in their tunnels fighting the good fight. Putting civilians directly in the middle of a war between an army and a terrorist organization is the definition of a war crime. Hamas is genocidal in its charter, which is not limited to the...
Wtf are you even talking about? That's the most idiotic thing I've ever heard. Hamas spokesmen are on record saying they take no responsibility for the death of Palestinian citizens, while they hide in their tunnels fighting the good fight. Putting civilians directly in the middle of a war between an army and a terrorist organization is the definition of a war crime. Hamas is genocidal in its charter, which is not limited to the Jews of Israel but to all Jews worldwide. I genuinely care about the future of the Palestinian people and general stability in the region. Palestinians have been used as pawns for decades to their own disadvantage, and the best thing that could happen for them is the elimination of Hamas, followed by the downfall of Netanyahu, with him being replaced by a more liberal/centrist Israeli government ready to set up a state for a (non-terrorist) Palestinian state.
Nah, I think people from a certain country need to see exactly how people perceive them and their government.
Where did you see that they're from a certain country, just out of curiosity
This is the definition of antisemitism. They are Jewish, not necessarily Israeli. If a Halal meal is requested would you try to lecture the future eater on the crimes committed in the name of Syria, or Iran, or ______. You are either racist or ignorant or both, congratulations.
There are legitimate grievances of the people of Gaza whom the government of Israel refuses their right to exist. However, expression of "Free Palestine" is inappropriate for the passenger to write and accuse or the employees to write.
It's time for Gaza and the West Bank to become United Nations Trust Territories. Egypt is a natural custodian because of a border but they are likely to not want to be it. Vanuatu is unable to do it, too weak and small.
How many lies and how quickly you get to it!
The accusation of the passenger writing it is unlikely when other meals also had FP on them.
This is not antisemitism but rather activism.
I think that at this point anything negative towards Israelis is getting described as antisemitism while it is absolutely not.
Misbehave, get reprimanded...."you hate us because we are Israelis or Jews." Not true!!!
More of these stories coming up for sure.
Can this bloody f*cking war end!
Do your damn job. There is a time and place for activism. This is not one of them.
Except whoever was doing this could not have possibly known if the people getting the meals were in fact Zionist or Pro-Israel. The only thing they knew was that there was a very high likelihood that Jewish people would get these meals.
Had they know that the people getting the meals were in fact pro-Israel then maybe we could debate whether this is activism (I'd argue it's still harassment but that can be for...
Except whoever was doing this could not have possibly known if the people getting the meals were in fact Zionist or Pro-Israel. The only thing they knew was that there was a very high likelihood that Jewish people would get these meals.
Had they know that the people getting the meals were in fact pro-Israel then maybe we could debate whether this is activism (I'd argue it's still harassment but that can be for another day).
But the fact is that who ever did this, knew only that there was a very high likelihood that Jewish people would get these meals. Which means they hold all Jews responsible for what Israel does.
Holding all Jews responsible for the actions of Israel is textbook antisemitism
Precisely. Why don't we start blaming all Chinese people (anywhere in the world) for the crimes against the Uyghurs. This is equally as illogical (and racist). I understand the concerns with crying antisemitism at any criticism directed at Israel, and there is a ton of justified criticism there, but this is PURE antisemitism. You don't know anything about these people other than they request a Kosher meal, so they are likely Jewish, and you use...
Precisely. Why don't we start blaming all Chinese people (anywhere in the world) for the crimes against the Uyghurs. This is equally as illogical (and racist). I understand the concerns with crying antisemitism at any criticism directed at Israel, and there is a ton of justified criticism there, but this is PURE antisemitism. You don't know anything about these people other than they request a Kosher meal, so they are likely Jewish, and you use it as an excuse to engage in a childish act of intimidation/hatred.
They should send the 'activists' to gaza.
Is there any chance the passenger wrote the message themselves? It has "blacks rule" graffiti incident vibes.
Ben clearly stated that "several" passengers received the message.
The selective reading is evident. Typical.
Nobody cares about Palestine, stop annoying people around the world. Most people don’t give a shit about Palestine.
Palestine existing or not existing, the earth still rotates.
Ben, I think about this often. It breaks my heart every time I see wonderful young souls, playing, curious, naughty, funny, noisy, or crying. And I have a question I can’t escape. I’m sorry I have to ask, but you have two beautiful children.
I have a question for you, and for every parent, every mom and every dad.
When your kids grow up, when their eyes widen with wonder and they begin to...
Ben, I think about this often. It breaks my heart every time I see wonderful young souls, playing, curious, naughty, funny, noisy, or crying. And I have a question I can’t escape. I’m sorry I have to ask, but you have two beautiful children.
I have a question for you, and for every parent, every mom and every dad.
When your kids grow up, when their eyes widen with wonder and they begin to ask the hard questions, when they start asking why things happen, what will you tell them?
Will you tell them the truth? Will you tell them that while thousands and thousands of children - just like them - starved and burned to death in Gaza, everyone kept scrolling? Or will your silence be your confession?
Palestinian children are too brown to matter, let’s talk about the important issue here. Do you agree that writing “Free Palestine” on a post it note is an unforgivable crime? Or are you an antisemite?
@Sisyphus
The misguided anger is evident. We need to blame the right people- which is hamas and the palestinians for being complacent
And blame Israel for the occupation which lead to the creation of Hamas.
@Gavin you would’ve blamed the Jews for the holocaust, you were just born too late to do it.
@Sisyphus
And you are blaming Jews now for the problems palestinians face for their own choices.
@Gavin
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz claimed that there were no evidence of women raped and babies killed. Those stories were made up by Israel to gain sympathy and justify the genocide they are commenting. On the contrary, it is Israel who is starving and killing babies in Gaza everyday. The IDF snipers deliberately shoot small kids on their chest and head as claimed by some British doctors. The same newspaper also criticized the IDF...
@Gavin
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz claimed that there were no evidence of women raped and babies killed. Those stories were made up by Israel to gain sympathy and justify the genocide they are commenting. On the contrary, it is Israel who is starving and killing babies in Gaza everyday. The IDF snipers deliberately shoot small kids on their chest and head as claimed by some British doctors. The same newspaper also criticized the IDF for raping Palestinian prisoners. A day ago Israeli ex defense minister Yoav Gallant admitted that IDF shot and killed their own people intentionally on October 7th and placed the blaming on Hamas. It seems as if you have been sleeping all these years but the world does not sleep. Israel's crimes are now seen all over the world....... It is true that every accusation made by Israel is an indirect confession of their own crimes.
@Vikram
Yes we all know Haaretz and the lies they spin. They can't be trusted to have a reliable narrative.
There are three types of Palestinians: terrorists, future terrorists, and breeders of terrorists. Your "wonderful young souls" are the second, getting old enough to be the first. All three must be eliminated by whatever means necessary. This way is good since it exposes non-snackbars as sympathizers, and they can be addressed later after Israel finishes the job.
Either you’re being facetious, or you are a vile excuse for a human being
Ben, I do wish that, sometimes, you'd choose another fire to fan for blog engagement.
Since when writing or saying "Free Palestine" is considered as antisemitism ?
Only if you’re a racist Zionist who believes a free Palestine is anathema to Judaism, they did to themselves.
When it’s only on the Kosher meals.
Agree. Is every disagreement with Israel now considered antisemitism? They think they are the Chosen Ones......
This literally has nothing to do with Israel you idiots. It was kosher meals. Imagine the same thing happening in reverse to Halal meals and if you open your brains enough you might get the idea...
Did they write it on the vegetarian meals? The halal meals? No, just the kosher meals. It was directed at Jews, it was therefore antisemitic.
One more thing, I guess posting on bad traveler behavior is fair game when the travelers aren’t your aryan-blooded kin invading and calling themselves indigenous to our land.
You’re all too happy reporting about travelers behaving badly when it’s an Asian grandma or a black woman.
The internet is overrun by your beloved settler colonialist, IDF war criminals being absolutely disgusting in Greece, Cyprus, Thailand and elsewhere yet not a peep from you...
One more thing, I guess posting on bad traveler behavior is fair game when the travelers aren’t your aryan-blooded kin invading and calling themselves indigenous to our land.
You’re all too happy reporting about travelers behaving badly when it’s an Asian grandma or a black woman.
The internet is overrun by your beloved settler colonialist, IDF war criminals being absolutely disgusting in Greece, Cyprus, Thailand and elsewhere yet not a peep from you about any of it.
If you’re trying to hide your Zionism, you’re doing a bad job.
did you just call Jews aryan? I'm struggling to come up with anything else you could have said that would have made you look as dumb.
Regardless, thank you so much for sharing this very valuable insight. Not that you've shared it, would you please climb back up the antisemitic hole you came out of?
Yes, I’m talking about European white settlers.
And yes, if semitisim is genocide and if being antigenocide is antisemitic, I’m a proud antisemite.
I would be a proud semite in that instance. It was tried with the Jews and failed. The Jews learned from the failure. Now hopefully they can succeed with the roach-like snackbars that struck at them. The so-called Palestinians pronounced their death sentence when they danced in the streets on 9/11.
@ORD_Is_My_Second_Home just because Slsyphus is a vile antisemite doesn't mean you, or anyone else, gets to say equally as vile things about the Palestinians
is it that hard for people in the comments to not be a bigoted racist? these comments are insane
@Sisyphus in a weird way I almost have respect for your response. Most antisemites, when called antisemitic try to come up with every reason they can for why they aren't an antisemite
You by contrast, doubled down on calling Jews Nazis and then called yourself a "proud antisemite". Thank you for doing that. Now everyone reading can see exactly who you are and that your supposed hatred of Israel actually has nothing to do...
@Sisyphus in a weird way I almost have respect for your response. Most antisemites, when called antisemitic try to come up with every reason they can for why they aren't an antisemite
You by contrast, doubled down on calling Jews Nazis and then called yourself a "proud antisemite". Thank you for doing that. Now everyone reading can see exactly who you are and that your supposed hatred of Israel actually has nothing to do with Israel and everything to do with hating Jews.
@ben - I appreciate you want to encourage diverse opinions, but is having a someone who called themselves a "proud antisemite" really adding anything to the discourse? I feel like at some point there should be a line. I feel like someone calling themself a proud antisemite crosses that line.
@ AI don’t act alll hurt hurt when you’ve just proven my point.
If, to you, semitism and genocide are one and the same, I’m tripling down and telling you I’m a proud antisemite.
Your feelings aren’t more important to me than actual children being starved to death by those you worship.
@Sisyphus O good lord. It's hard to know what's worse: your antisemitism, your arrogance, or your inability to clearly articulate thoughts in English.
The term antisemitism was coined in 1879 by Wilhelm Marr specifically to denote his anti-Jewish ideology. The phrase literally means being anti-Jewish. That's what the person who coined the term meant it to be. So when you say you are a proud antisemite, by definition that means you are proud to...
@Sisyphus O good lord. It's hard to know what's worse: your antisemitism, your arrogance, or your inability to clearly articulate thoughts in English.
The term antisemitism was coined in 1879 by Wilhelm Marr specifically to denote his anti-Jewish ideology. The phrase literally means being anti-Jewish. That's what the person who coined the term meant it to be. So when you say you are a proud antisemite, by definition that means you are proud to hate Jews.
This isn't a matter of feelings, it's a matter of fact. the term antisemitism has a very specific definition and it means hating Jews. But thanks again for now tripling down on saying you are a proud jew hater. Once again, makes it very easy for everyone reading the comments to know exactly what they are reading.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/antisemitism
P.S. When "If, to you, semitism and genocide are one and the same" is not a coherent English thought. If you're going to be antisemitic troll, at least learn how to actually communicate in English. Personally though, I think it'd be much easier if you just did us all a favor and climbed back up the ignorant, arrogant, and antisemitic hole that you climbed out of
@ AI Keep using that word man, it’s people like you that have emptied it of all meaning.
And yeah I’m trilingual, but sure focus on my English instead of the genocide your overlords are carrying out, it’s easier to talk about that than defend the indefensible, pathetic!
@Sisyphus - ummm. so no actually. Nothing I said has anything to do with the situation in Gaza. What I did comment on was that you:
1) Called Jews Nazis
2) twice proclaimed yourself a proud antisemite
Point 1 is textbook antisemitism. So calling someone who calls Jews Nazis an antisemite is not in fact emptying the term antisemitism of all meaning.
In point 2- I pointed out that you were proudly...
@Sisyphus - ummm. so no actually. Nothing I said has anything to do with the situation in Gaza. What I did comment on was that you:
1) Called Jews Nazis
2) twice proclaimed yourself a proud antisemite
Point 1 is textbook antisemitism. So calling someone who calls Jews Nazis an antisemite is not in fact emptying the term antisemitism of all meaning.
In point 2- I pointed out that you were proudly proclaiming that you are something that is literally defined as hating Jews. If you are seriously saying that calling a self-proclaimed "proud antisemite" a Jew hater, is emptying the phrase antisemitism of all meaning........
but of course, you are desperate to say that antisemitism doesn't exist anymore (because you are a raging antisemite) that everything is apparently proof that the phrase antisemitism is being weaponized and therefore losing it's meaning. I mean you said twice that you are a proud antisemite, to which I said by definition that makes you a proud jew hater, to which you responded that I am apparently emptying the phrase of all meaning. To say that is patently insane would be an understatement.
P.S. Don't think I didn't pick up on the "overlods" comment. Going for the Jews control the world antisemitic trope now. Any other antisemitic tropes you have up your sleeve?
Look, there is one force responsible for this carnage, and one force alone: the Zionist death cult presiding over the genocide in Gaza. For decades, the Israeli state and its Hasbara machinery have poured millions into propaganda designed to weld Zionism to Judaism, deliberately erasing the line between a 70‑year‑old political project and a 4,000‑year‑old faith. They declare Israel “the only Jewish state,” “the only safe Jewish homeland,” repeating it endlessly—Jewish this, Jewish that—until critique...
Look, there is one force responsible for this carnage, and one force alone: the Zionist death cult presiding over the genocide in Gaza. For decades, the Israeli state and its Hasbara machinery have poured millions into propaganda designed to weld Zionism to Judaism, deliberately erasing the line between a 70‑year‑old political project and a 4,000‑year‑old faith. They declare Israel “the only Jewish state,” “the only safe Jewish homeland,” repeating it endlessly—Jewish this, Jewish that—until critique itself becomes forbidden.
And here is the result: the general public now believes that Israel, the only Jewish state, commits these atrocities in the name of Judaism itself. And when that perception takes root, you cannot blame ordinary people for opposing the murder of children. The moral outrage is natural. The fault—the conflation of Israel and Judaism—lies squarely with Israel and the death cult ruling from Tel Aviv. They engineered this confusion, and now they hide behind it.
If you dare speak against apartheid, occupation, starvation, or the mass killing of children, they invoke the Holocaust like a talisman, wield Jewish suffering as a shield, and brand you an antisemite. Jewish protesters are arrested in Berlin for chanting “Free Palestine.” Jewish academics who condemn Israeli brutality are smeared as “self‑hating.” Meanwhile, real antisemitism—hatred of Jews simply for being Jews—festers unchecked. Why? Ask Netanyahu. Ask those who weaponized the charge of antisemitism until it became meaningless.
“Free Palestine” is not controversial. It is the baseline of moral sanity. To oppose the killing of children is not antisemitism; it is humanity itself. But Netanyahu’s death cult wants you to believe otherwise: that rejecting their massacres is rejecting Judaism. This lie is their last refuge. And it must be torn down—mercilessly, unapologetically, and for good.
Sooooo you're saying every Jewish person around the world should be held responsible for the actions of Israeli govt? Just to be clear.
No, he’s saying the opposite of that Jem.
No @ JEM,
You really don’t need to torch that many brain cells to understand and decode the heliography up there. If it’s still beyond you, I must politely request that you donate the brick lodged in your skull to a charity very dear to my heart — they’re collecting materials to build a shelter for the endangered Swinhoe’s softshell turtle. We’re counting on generous donors like you.
'Thank you for your attention to this matter!'
Exactly. Tell it like it is. Good on you.
Look, I’m no fan of Netanyahu, but you are insane if you think Palestine isn’t partially responsible for the current situation. The Palestinian government of Gaza (Hamas) invaded Israel and killed over 900 civilians. They also killed 36 children, sexually assaulted or raped an estimated 400 women, and kidnapped 251 individuals who were almost all civilians. The Palestianian government of Gaza could have an immediate ceasefire if they simply released the hostages. They are trying...
Look, I’m no fan of Netanyahu, but you are insane if you think Palestine isn’t partially responsible for the current situation. The Palestinian government of Gaza (Hamas) invaded Israel and killed over 900 civilians. They also killed 36 children, sexually assaulted or raped an estimated 400 women, and kidnapped 251 individuals who were almost all civilians. The Palestianian government of Gaza could have an immediate ceasefire if they simply released the hostages. They are trying to score political points from the suffering. Israel can’t rescue the hostages because anytime they get close to hostages, the Palestinian government of Gaza kills them. So they have basically surrounded the areas where they know the hostages are and are waiting for the Palestinian government of Gaza to negotiate and release them. Until the hostages are released we have a horrible stalemate.
@Andrew
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz claimed that there were no evidence of women raped and babies killed. Those stories were made up by Israel to gain sympathy and justify the genocide they are commenting. On the contrary, it is Israel who is starving and killing babies in Gaza everyday. The IDF snipers deliberately shoot small kids on their chest and head as claimed by some British doctors. The same newspaper also criticized the IDF...
@Andrew
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz claimed that there were no evidence of women raped and babies killed. Those stories were made up by Israel to gain sympathy and justify the genocide they are commenting. On the contrary, it is Israel who is starving and killing babies in Gaza everyday. The IDF snipers deliberately shoot small kids on their chest and head as claimed by some British doctors. The same newspaper also criticized the IDF for raping Palestinian prisoners. A day ago Israeli ex defense minister Yoav Gallant admitted that IDF shot and killed their own people intentionally on October 7th and placed the blaming on Hamas. It seems as if you have been sleeping all these years but the world does not sleep. Israel's crimes are now seen all over the world....... It is true that every accusation made by Israel is an indirect confession of their own crimes.
From your beloved UN: https://press.un.org/en/2024/sc15621.doc.htm
Also, your conspiracy theory argument seems to be basically be that (1) Israel committed October 7 instead of Hamas/PIJ, and (2) Hamas/PIJ are also totally justified to commit October 7. I agree with you about the baby burning propaganda, have never seen a shred of real evidence for that, but infants and children were clearly killed.
Israel has done awful things, every loss of a Palestinian in Gaza is tragic,...
From your beloved UN: https://press.un.org/en/2024/sc15621.doc.htm
Also, your conspiracy theory argument seems to be basically be that (1) Israel committed October 7 instead of Hamas/PIJ, and (2) Hamas/PIJ are also totally justified to commit October 7. I agree with you about the baby burning propaganda, have never seen a shred of real evidence for that, but infants and children were clearly killed.
Israel has done awful things, every loss of a Palestinian in Gaza is tragic, and the current Israeli government needs to go. That does not absolve Hamas, and Palestinians and their leaders over the years have also done terrible things (bombings buses during the intifada, lobbing rockets aimlessly at civilian populations). October 7 is the definition of a war crime. I know you will just come back and say, but Israel also is doing blah blah blah, and I would again agree with you that this campaign needs to end. But people like you are too far gone down the rabbit hole of conspiracy to ever actually be helpful to the situation. Do you give one shit about the hostages being held and starved? I mean that seriously. It is possible to care about people on both sides. And from a practical perspective, just ask yourself what violent Palestinian "resistance" has gotten the Palestinian people in the past 75+ years. A new non-Islamist death cult and non-Iranian-funded direction is needed.
@ILOVEOMAAT - I generally agree with the POV you've articulated here. There’s justified moral outrage in your comment. What’s happening in Gaza is horrific, and criticizing mass civilian killings is not antisemitism. But your framing crosses into distortion and hyperbole.
Claiming there's "one force alone" responsible ignores the role of Hamas and more than 50 years of Palestinian violence and terror directed at Israeli civilians and Jews elsewhere, actions that have contributed to this ongoing...
@ILOVEOMAAT - I generally agree with the POV you've articulated here. There’s justified moral outrage in your comment. What’s happening in Gaza is horrific, and criticizing mass civilian killings is not antisemitism. But your framing crosses into distortion and hyperbole.
Claiming there's "one force alone" responsible ignores the role of Hamas and more than 50 years of Palestinian violence and terror directed at Israeli civilians and Jews elsewhere, actions that have contributed to this ongoing tragedy. Calling the Israeli government a “Zionist death cult” is dehumanizing rhetoric, not analysis, and it mirrors the very absolutism it condemns.
I completely agree that Israeli messaging has often conflated Zionism with Judaism, and that some pro-Israel advocates weaponize antisemitism accusations to silence dissent. But you're overstating the coordination and impact of this strategy. The line between critique of Israel and antisemitism is complex, not a simple propaganda trick. "Free Palestine" advocacy is suppressed in some places, but it’s hardly “forbidden” - criticism of Israel is widespread and growing, including among Jews.
Your closing call to “tear down the lie mercilessly” may feel righteous, but it risks inflaming tensions rather than fostering clarity. If you want to be persuasive, precision matters more than provocation.
cool story. stop writing on my meals pls.
how about 'free the hostages'?
This is such a wonderful example of the stupidity surrounding the Israel-Palestine situation.
The people who wrote the messages clearly were naughty and should be reprimanded.
However, what they did was a some low-level political activism. They didn't write anything nasty, didn't incite anyone to cause harm to other people, and we all know than more than a few kosher-eating people actually would be happy to see a sovereign Palestinian state.
Calling that...
This is such a wonderful example of the stupidity surrounding the Israel-Palestine situation.
The people who wrote the messages clearly were naughty and should be reprimanded.
However, what they did was a some low-level political activism. They didn't write anything nasty, didn't incite anyone to cause harm to other people, and we all know than more than a few kosher-eating people actually would be happy to see a sovereign Palestinian state.
Calling that an act of antisemitism isn't just a silly overreaction, it actually trivialises antisemitism in a way that could harm people who do suffer because of it.
You recognize that these people were likely just Jewish and could hold any POV on the whole "situation", and then move on to justify this type of passive aggressive behavior as trivializing antisemitism. I totally agree with where you're coming from, that card is definitely played way too often, but if you can't see how this is a textbook example of antisemitism (i.e. hateful remarks being directed at someone who is presumably Jewish because they...
You recognize that these people were likely just Jewish and could hold any POV on the whole "situation", and then move on to justify this type of passive aggressive behavior as trivializing antisemitism. I totally agree with where you're coming from, that card is definitely played way too often, but if you can't see how this is a textbook example of antisemitism (i.e. hateful remarks being directed at someone who is presumably Jewish because they are presumably Jewish), then I'm sorry, but you've now gone to the other extreme.
It's a very simple distinction - choosing to send political message to members of a group of people isn't the same as seeking to attack or otherwise cause harm to them...and I haven't even 'justified' anything, I started my comment by pointing out that I believe that the behaviour was inappropriate.
What "group of people" is being sent a political message? That's the only point that matters.
Hell yeah. Cheers to Iberia
So the Palestinians who were allies of Hitler working closely with the Nazis on the largest genocide in modern history, before Israel even existed, they get a pass? they have no accountability for taking part in the murder of 100000X more people than have been killed in Gaza? These are the people who were dancing in the streets after 9/11, these are the people who TARGETED 1200 civilians for rape, murder and torture on Oct...
So the Palestinians who were allies of Hitler working closely with the Nazis on the largest genocide in modern history, before Israel even existed, they get a pass? they have no accountability for taking part in the murder of 100000X more people than have been killed in Gaza? These are the people who were dancing in the streets after 9/11, these are the people who TARGETED 1200 civilians for rape, murder and torture on Oct 7th. Wouldn't any nation go scorched earth on any group that did to them what they Palestinians did on 10/7? How come after 9/11 it was 'Islamophobic' to say anything bad about muslims, but now it's ok to target jews everywhere? Why can't we drag russians off planes? I mean hundreds of thousands have died in Putin's ethnic war - way more than Gaza. What about the genocide in Sudan. What about the Iraqi genocide of the Kurds? Why do Iraq and Russia get to exists? Why does Germany still get to exist? Not to mention all the people who are so up in arms about the middle east have literally no connection to it - their lives are not impacted one bit by the events on the other side of the world. They just hate jews and are looking for any excuse.
“So the Palestinians who were allies of Hitler”
Eh, bullsh*t.
Also, some Jewish Isaelis were also dancing after 9/11 too. Are we going to judge an entire people based on the actions of a few, or is that type of judgement only reserved for some people?
KOL KAVOD
@Doh
You are such an idiot who has been sleeping all your life. Wake and listen. The 9/11 incident was the inside job of the US government, CIA and Mossad. October 7th incident happened because the apartheid genocidal, rogue, terrorist state of Israel wanted it to happened so that they may have an excuse to ethnic cleanse Gaza and grab that land. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz itself claimed that there were no evidence of...
@Doh
You are such an idiot who has been sleeping all your life. Wake and listen. The 9/11 incident was the inside job of the US government, CIA and Mossad. October 7th incident happened because the apartheid genocidal, rogue, terrorist state of Israel wanted it to happened so that they may have an excuse to ethnic cleanse Gaza and grab that land. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz itself claimed that there were no evidence of rape on Oct 7th. No evidence of beheaded babies. Those were lies from the likes of you. Palestinians were never an ally of Hitler. Palestinians gave refuge to these blue eyed, blonde haired colonial settlers from Europe who call themselves people of the promised land. You are believing Netanyahu's version of the story where he said that Hitler was good. He did not want to kill Jews but the Palestinians forced him to do so. How could Palestinians force Hitler to kill Jews? Hitler in 1940s was like Netanyahu in 2020s. He did not listen to anyone same as Netanyahu doesn't listen to anyone. No one hates Jews. There are many good Jews. What people hate are the blood thirsty murderous Zionists who feel entitled to commit any crime they want because they control leaders of USA and the EU. And when you call them out the first thing they do is accuse you of being anti-Semite. Stop playing the victim card. The whole world has seen Israel's crimes but most leaders in the US and EU are silent because the Israeli lobby pays them.
The comments section on this one should be fun
Kosher meals are double wrapped and catered in a supervised kitchen, independent from the regular one. The question is how would it happen?
Worse is associating all Jews with Israel. Unfortunately ignorance prevails and it’s like calling all Muslims terrorists
Of course it will end up going viral on social media and people will say Iberia is anti semitic etc.
The message is one thing, but what I'm worried about is if people can tamper with meals like this by writing things, what can they do to the actual contents.
So while it may seem like a simple Act of harassment or discrimination, it actually becomes a serious security breach and potential health hazard.
That's not likely since even Muslims order kosher meals since it is a more strict version of Halal.
Muslims only order kosher means when halal meals aren’t available.
The fact that this is even news proves that zionist feelings are more important than Palestinian lives.
So by your statement, you seem to believe that Jewish / Kosher means Zionist / Israel?
Good.
Non-Zionist Jews advocate for a free Palestine, they don’t get offended by a price of paper.
@ Sisyphus -- One thing has nothing to do with the other. "Advocating" shouldn't come in the form of writing messages on inflight meals. Like, should inflight meals with meat come with messages from PETA advocating for animals? It's not the time or place.
@ Ben Schlappig Not what I said, but you find this more newsworthy than all of Yemenia’s fleet being destroyed by Israel.
You care more about Zionists being offended by what should be a non-controversial statement than an actual war crime.
Cool free palestine I dont care. But I dont want some FA feeling free to write their personal statements on my in flight meals. Be a professional. You don't need to inject politics in everything.
@peter that’s a very reasonable take that I don’t disagree with, that’s not the issue here.
The issue is coddling some genocidal settler colonialists who believe that “free Palestine” is an antisemitic statement, it’s thinking this is such a huge issue when in reality it’s no more than a breech of professionalism that they’ll all survive unharmed.
Israel’s numerous travel-related war crimes go unreported by this blog and others because I guess indigenous people in...
@peter that’s a very reasonable take that I don’t disagree with, that’s not the issue here.
The issue is coddling some genocidal settler colonialists who believe that “free Palestine” is an antisemitic statement, it’s thinking this is such a huge issue when in reality it’s no more than a breech of professionalism that they’ll all survive unharmed.
Israel’s numerous travel-related war crimes go unreported by this blog and others because I guess indigenous people in the SWANA region don’t matter much, unlike blue-eyed, blonde colonists whose fragile feelings are sacred.
Miss me with the subtle genocide apologism this and other travel blogs practice.
You f*cking idiot, it's a travel blog, hence the reporting on a travel story. I fully believe Ben would report on any other instance of racism committed by an airline or its staff against another minority. You are the one conflating Kosher meals served to passengers who are presumably Jewish with "genocidal settler colonialists" or whatever other phrase TikTok taught you. FWIW, your feelings seem to be a bit fragile, and not sure if you've...
You f*cking idiot, it's a travel blog, hence the reporting on a travel story. I fully believe Ben would report on any other instance of racism committed by an airline or its staff against another minority. You are the one conflating Kosher meals served to passengers who are presumably Jewish with "genocidal settler colonialists" or whatever other phrase TikTok taught you. FWIW, your feelings seem to be a bit fragile, and not sure if you've ever been, but you'd be hard pressed to find many "blue-eyed, blonde colonists" in Israel. Roughly 40-45% of the current Jewish population there originated from the Middle East, not to mention the ~20% of Arab, Christian, and other Israelis. But your focus on blue eyes and blonde hair as marks of evil is pretty telling, sounds a lot like the things the white European blah blah blah people I'm sure you rage against were saying about people with darker skin in the past centuries. Racism is racism, two sides to the same coin, only yours is laughable because of how factually incorrect it is to begin with.
@slsyphus how exactly do you know that these Jews were zionists? more to the point, how could who ever have written free Palestine on these meals have known that the people eating them support Israel? The answer is they couldn't possibly have known. They wrote it because there was an overwhelming chance that the meal was going to a Jew. Holding all Jews responsible for what happens in Israel is textbook antisemitism.
But all...
@slsyphus how exactly do you know that these Jews were zionists? more to the point, how could who ever have written free Palestine on these meals have known that the people eating them support Israel? The answer is they couldn't possibly have known. They wrote it because there was an overwhelming chance that the meal was going to a Jew. Holding all Jews responsible for what happens in Israel is textbook antisemitism.
But all that said, thank you so much for sharing this very valuable insight. Not that you've shared it, would you please climb back up the antisemitic hole you came out of?
So, by this logic, if I complain the only route to the airport is blocked by "Gaza protestors," this is just my feelings (or desire to make my flight) being more important than Palestinian lives. In short, I must endure everything a protestor does because, despite their protest only serving to irritate, they are pursuing "a higher calling." No thanks.
how could the flight attendants not have seen the message given that it is on the meal label?
@ Tim Dunn -- Kosher meals are generally double wrapped, so the meal tray we see would've likely been inside a whole additional layer of wrapping.
Which makes this all the more concerning, since this message appears to be on the inner wrapping and beneath the outer wrapping. It also implies that it was done by someone at the catering facility, since they’d be the only ones with access to the inner wrapping absent some noticeable tampering.
and if the double wrapped meal is handed to the passenger, then it should be clear that the caterer did it.
it doesn't really matter who at the caterer did it - companies are responsible for the actions of their employees.
and the comments about the integrity and security of the meal itself are absolutely valid. IAG needs to take this stuff seriously and not just pay lip service to "we'll investigate"
Agreed, this is almost certainly done by the caterer unless one of the FA's wrote it and then immediately regretted it or something like that.
If it somehow wasn't done by the caterer then it could suggest that the double wrapping was tampered with prior to being served which could raise issues on the kosher status of the meals.