“I hear you as I’d be terrified as effectively, personally,” the airline wrote, in response to screenshots on social media of the deleted response. “Our staff replicate our tradition and we don’t take it calmly when our coverage shouldn’t be being adopted.”
A Delta spokesperson stated in an announcement to The Washington Submit on Thursday that the airline’s social media put up “was not according to our values and our mission.” The spokesperson stated the group member who wrote the put up “has been recommended and not helps Delta’s social channels,” however didn’t specify whether or not the group member nonetheless labored for Delta.
The flight attendants, who have been photographed on separate flights, are nonetheless working for the airline and have obtained assist from the corporate, Delta stated in an announcement. Though it beforehand permitted pins representing nations exterior america to be worn on uniforms, Delta stated that beginning Monday, solely U.S. flag pins might be allowed — a transfer the airline stated it made in response to this week’s incident.
Palestinian activists condemned Delta’s response, and a number of other social media customers stated they deliberate to boycott the airline.
Edward Ahmed Mitchell, the nationwide deputy government director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, advised The Submit that he initially hoped Delta’s tweet had not been written by somebody who labored on the airline. He stated the put up may make individuals suppose the Palestinian flag is “an icon of a hate group.”
“What occurred with Delta is simply the newest instance of anti-Palestinian racism,” Mitchell stated, including that CAIR welcomed Delta’s apology. “And my hope is that this incident will start to slowly, slowly transfer the needle in a special path.”
CAIR stated in April that it had obtained greater than 8,000 civil rights complaints in 2023, the best in its 30-year historical past. Palestinian People have confronted concern and violence amid the warfare in Gaza, The Submit reported, with their assist for civilians within the Gaza Strip misconstrued as assist for Hamas, the militant group that has ruled Gaza since 2006.
Hamas’s flag has Islamic textual content on a inexperienced background, whereas the Palestinian flag is a black, white and inexperienced tricolor with a purple triangle on the left.
Federal officers stated final yr that that they had recognized a spike in threats in opposition to Arab, Jewish and Muslim communities after the warfare started.
Israel launched a navy assault in Gaza after Hamas militants crossed the border into Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 individuals and taking some 250 hostage. Greater than 38,000 Palestinians have died within the enclave up to now 9 months.
Israel’s warfare in Gaza and the rising dying toll have triggered protests throughout america, together with in company America. In April, Google fired 28 staff for publicly protesting a contract Google had with the Israeli authorities.
