Balad Chairman Azmi Bishara on Tuesday asked El AL General Manager Haim Romano to clarify why his company allegedly refused to fly the corpse of an Israeli Muslim woman on one of its flights.
The woman's family asked Bisahra to intervene after their request to transport her body from the U.S., where she died last weekend, was allegedly turned down by company representatives.
The deceased, Acre-born Lamis Jerrar, worked as a lecturer at Howard University in Washington D.C. and held dual Israeli and American citizenship. After she passed away, her family tried to bring her to burial in her hometown.
Jarrar's friends and family hired an undertaker company in Silver Springs with experience in transporting bodies of Jews to Israel. The company claims it purchased a ticket with El Al who asked an Israeli embassy official be present when Jarrar's body would be handed over to the airliner.
According to Bishara, despite the preparations El Al said it would not transport the body, forcing Jarrar's family to make alternative arrangements.
"Needless to say that apart from the issue of racism and lack of irrespect of the dead this incident has caused great distress to family and acquaintances," Bishara wrote.
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February 14, 2007
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