Israeli woman in NY barred from Kuwaiti airline:
An Israeli woman who has lived in the United States for the last 15 years was barred from boarding a Kuwait Airways flight in New York because of her Israeli citizenship… A Kuwaiti law prohibits Israeli citizens from flying on Kuwait Airways… Eliazarov has filed a discrimination lawsuit against the airline, which argues that the airline policy violates both state and federal civil rights laws.
Putting aside what I believe to be the relevant legal issues here (federal law in the US prohibits private discrimination in public accommodations on the basis of national origin; federal law in the US also prohibits participation in the Arab League’s boycott of Israel), there’s another question lurking behind this story: Kuwait apparently considers itself to be at war with Israel. Why?