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The ugliest kind of Israeli: Passengers hurl abuse at flight attendant
Amit Cotler
Published: 22.02.15, 11:15
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1. Disgusting low level barbarians should be banned
Miri   (02.22.15)
I really feel for the air crew who have to do a hard job as it is and to deal with such disgusting people. They should have been arrested at the destination and charged according to the law. They are a danger not only to the safety and comfort of other passengers and crew but to the public.
2. Someone should make it their most bitter chocolate ever !
(02.22.15)
3. In these"get Bibi" days:how is it connected to Sarah?!
(02.22.15)
4. "You ruined my life."
Devorah   (02.22.15)
No. This woman and her sister are professional victims who have made careers out of having their pitiful, histrionic lives "ruined." They should be permanently banned from flying Israir.
5. "You ruined my life"?
BUILD BABY BUILD!!!!   (02.22.15)
Try acting like a lady and a gentleman and stop blaming others for your lack of manners. Either pay the duty or shut the hell up, you made asses of yourselves for world viewing and the objects of scorn. NIce gong and as per usual, loser blaming others for filming their idiotic scene.
6. trash with psych problems
doda ,   israel   (02.22.15)
ban from flights, the whole family, dangerous and uncivilised
7. Why not?
just ,   wondering   (02.22.15)
I'd really like to know why the flight attendant did not sell her the chocolate in the first place. Not that she is right behaving like this (nor her family) They should really be ashamed! I just wonder why there is no information on how it all started. Especially a reason why exactly the chocolate wasn't sold to her.
8. Security
Rhonda ,   Chicago, USA   (02.22.15)
I thought both Israeli airlines had several undercover Flight Marshals aboard. Doesn't say much for security on the flight. These passengers should have been arrested at the destinated and fully prosecuted. It is irrelevant what the issue was about- they were threatening and disruptive to the operations during the flight. It is easy to imagine others getting up in defense of the flight attendant and a fight breaking out. Totally an unsafe situation.
9. Our Public Behaviour
Shmuel Addams ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (02.22.15)
What's the lesson here? If you have a hard time controlling your behaviour, remember it's likely that you are being filmed. Wake up, folks, this is the iPhone age! (That said, this was quite painful watching.)
10. Go to a supermarket here and its not that different
Israeli   (02.22.15)
even many of the drivers on the road have this same "i own this road" mentality.
11. Set up to tarnish Israel's image.
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (02.22.15)
I live in Israel many years and have never witnessed such a scene. People are open and very friendly. The accent of the abusers is not Israeli.
12. The uggly Israeli
Gabriel ,   Canada   (02.22.15)
On any other flight this kind of garbage would end up in jail. Hope they will try that again in any flight in US or Canada.
13. freeky frechas
sam delpattuco ,   Gibraltar,Gibraltar   (02.22.15)
his kind of behaviour is intolerable,it doesnt matter if the steward didnt give her chocolate it is just simply irresponsible and dangerous for these two cinderella sisters to put the rest of pssengers in peril by escalating the pique to higher levels.on their return to israel they should be arrested in the same manner as a drunk passenger is removed from the aircraft on landing and handed to the authorities,these teo should be tried and banned from ever flying out of the country
14. Rubish
Zooz ,   Jerusalem   (02.22.15)
What if this person was an arab ??? He would be jailed for life for threatning the lives of the people in air ... They should be presecuted once they are back
15. Thanks for reminding me why I left Israel.
naro ,   nyc   (02.22.15)
Such aggressive and violent fools are everywhere is Israel. Whenever I come for a visit I see fights in the streets over nothing. What is wrong with these people?
16. @ 8
sheik rattle & roll ,   USA   (02.22.15)
No professional air marshal would get involved with a minor argument like that. They would only get involved if the safety of the air plane was being compromised, and they wouldn't want to reveal there identity.
17. I am ashamed to be an Israeli !!!
GENESIS ,   JHB RSA   (02.22.15)
18. #7, probably very simple
Danny   (02.22.15)
Either the guy said he needed to check if there was some or they had sold out. Given part of his salary is selling stuff to passengers he is unlikely to refused to do it if he could
19. Reminds me of a story on my very first trip to Israel in '74
Al   (02.22.15)
I was walking thru the Carmel market in TA where a women after having eaten half of a peach threw the rest of the half eaten peach on the ground.. One of the fruit vendors saw it happen and immediately started to shout at the women... "THIS IS NOT CASABLANCA THIS IS ERETZ HAKODESH" Priceless... 40 years later we see the same careless selfish behaviour. 'You can take the bozo out of Casablanca but you can't take the Casablanca out of the bozo.'
20. glad I'm not married to the woman screaming and pointing
Shep ,   Memphis   (02.22.15)
She needs a muzzle. I hope she isn't married, cause if she is...the poor guy must have to hide.
21. a consequence
shosh   (02.22.15)
....of entitlement - unabashed hysterics!
22. Israelis
Robert ,   Tampa Usa   (02.22.15)
This is why Israelis are despised world wide. Throughly obnoxious people.
23. nothing new
arthur ,   Toronto   (02.22.15)
last time i visited Israel, I was so disgusted I left early. SOME Israelis need to understand acting like barbarians is not good for anybody.
24. disgussting zevel!
oded ,   usa   (02.22.15)
a poor excuse for human trash. should have been arrested upon landing and spend a month in an italian jail. a lousy product of israeli education.
25. Airline Conditions
steve ,   dallas usa   (02.22.15)
I fly regularly for business. I have seen abusive behavior from passengers on every airline and from every nationality. I have also seen (and experienced) abusive behavior from airline stewards and stewardesses, yelling at passengers for no reason at all. In my opinion, this all results from over-crowded airplanes and airports and constant flight delays. Flying is a very unpleasant experience now. Yes, some passengers and some crew are simply immature. But when you jam people into planes like sardines in a can, keep adding in rows of seats to the same planes by making the seats smaller, make everyone wait in long lines, severely under-staff the service crew, and leave everyone sitting on run-ways for extended periods, expect some frustration to bubble over, especially among the less refined to whom you (the airline) were happy to sell that ticket.
26. Israelis behave badly
Truthseeker ,   USA   (02.22.15)
Some years ago when my Israeli relative came to visit in California I took her to our local farmer's market. She marveled at how polite the shoppers at the market were. No fighting, no pushing, no screaming as she usually experienced in Israel. She wondered why people in Israel behaved so badly and said it often made her ashamed of her fellow Israelis. This video certainly validates everything she said to me. If she were to see this she would still continue to wonder what makes all too many Israelis behave as they do.
27. Flying abroad
Ed ,   Kiryat Iam   (02.22.15)
Believe me you don't have to hear hebrew to give up they are israelis.
28. Threaten staff on a US or UK airliner and see what happens?!
Michal ,   Tel Aviv   (02.22.15)
Anything like this is not only embarrassing for sane Israelis who love to travel. Airline staff could have viewed this as a distraction from something more sinister, thankfully it wasnt!! To those passengers, grow up you trash.
29. take measures....
Toledano Jean-Pierre ,   Israel   (02.22.15)
If the fly attendant was busy with another passenger then she has to wait. Of course I wasn't on the plane so it isn't easy to give a correct opinion. But, after what I saw or I think to have seen: put the woman and the other people, involved in that incident, on a list for dangerous people for about 2 years and... not only on Israir, but also El Al, Arkia and Sun d'Or flights. No compassion.
30. Bad behavior
Ameridane ,   Ã…rhus, Denmark.   (02.22.15)
There is something so aggressive about Travelling Israelis that is frightening. On a recent flight from San Francisco to Frankfort, I witness an incident where an elderly passenger was trying to leave his seat to use the w.c. when he leaned on the seat in front of him. The Israeli passenger got up and yelled at him- what a behavior! How do I know that he was an Israeli?- He spoke Hebrew with his friend. I can supply the flight number the date and even his seat number if there is any doubting.
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