German court lets Kuwait Airways deny flights to Israelis: ‘Shameful’

German officials are livid over a court’s ruling that will allow Kuwait Airways to keep Israeli citizens off flights.

Frankfurt’s state court shot down an Israeli student’s case Thursday involving a 2016 flight to Bangkok. The man, only identified as Adar M, was kicked off a Frankfurt flight in accordance with a 1964 Kuwaiti law banning agreements with Israelis.

“This ruling cannot be allowed to stand,” attorney Nathan Gelbart told Deutsche Presse-Agentur.

Mr. Gelbart also called the ruling a “shameful” act for a free nation like Germany.

In addition, as a result of the Nazi regime and the Holocaust, post-war Germany has numerous limits on freedom and laws against anti-Semitism that would not pass muster in much of the rest of the west — denying the Holocaust is a crime, for example.

“An airline that practices discrimination and anti-Semitism by refusing to fly Israeli passengers should not be allowed to take off or land in Frankfurt,” Frankfurt Mayor Uwe Becker added, Reuters reported.

The court said that Kuwait Airways should not be expected to “fulfill a contract if it means going against the laws of its state,” Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported.

Kuwait Airways ended a decades-old flight from New York City to London after a similar legal confrontation involving the U.S. Department of Transportation, JTA added. 

Adar M plans to appeal the ruling.