(JTA) -- A French court ordered Air France to pay a $12,800 fine for ordering a non-Jewish pro-Palestinian activist off a flight to Tel Aviv.
In its ruling Thursday, the court in the Paris suburb of Bobigny also ordered the French flagship carrier to pay nearly $3,000 in damages to Horia Ankour, a nursing student, and her legal fees, the L'indépendant daily reported.
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Europe's main airlines faced a wave of passenger fury during the campaign after canceling some 300 tickets at Israel’s request.
