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A Jewish passenger on an American Airlines flight blasted a crew member and accused her of being antisemitic for a watermelon pin on her top.
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In the ongoing war in Gaza, people have been using and wearing watermelon images to communicate solidarity with Palestinians, due to the fruit’s colours matching the Palestinian flag.
Video shows the man and flight attendant in a heated argument as he slammed her for wearing the pin and not letting him leave the plane.
“You’re supporting terrorism with your pin,” the man can be heard saying. “You support terrorism, you’re antisemitic.”
“Why are you preventing me from leaving the plane, is it because I’m Jewish?” he continued, before calling her “antisemitic” once more.
The flight attendant was joined by another crew member who accused the passenger of “touching” her.
Both women are seen putting their hands up in attempts to block their faces as the man filmed the incident.
They then told the man he was not permitted to film them, according to U.S. aviation regulations, and he was not allowed to disembark until he deleted the video.
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