Israeli challenges German court ruling on Kuwait Air travel ban

An Israeli man appealed Monday against a German court's ruling upholding Kuwait Airways' right to ban him from boarding a flight due to his citizenship, a legal decision that triggered sharp criticism from German officials and Jewish groups. The appeal argues that the ruling accepted a racist Kuwaiti law and allowed the airline to override German laws requiring that airlines transport any passenger with valid travel documents, according to the Lawfare Project, which filed the appeal. "We cannot allow our laws to be subverted by the state-sponsored racism of other nations," said the attorney for the group, which fights anti-Jewish and anti-Israeli discrimination. He said the decision by the Frankfurt district court had allowed "anti-Semitic discrimination to be imported into our country and helped whitewash and sanitize it." <br/>