From my inbox,
"Hey Dan, I follow your site diligently for deal, airfare, mileage, etc. I frequently benefit from the deals you post on flights to Israel.
I wanted to drop you a line about deals you post for flights on Turkish Airlines. While I fully advocate you posting the deals and letting people make their own decisions, there's the small matter of what your personal responsibility is to give people all the facts. As someone who is outwardly Jewish and shomer shabbos, do you not owe it to your readers, many of whom are unwitting to disclose Turkish Airlines direct connection to Hamas terrorism? Namely:
Just under 50% of Turkish Airlines is owned by the Turkish Government (the rest is publicly traded). Turkey is a very public supporter of Hamas (see http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/08/04/hamas_s_bffs_turkey_qatar_israel_gaza... other articles available upon request). Further, Turkey is known to fund Hamas to the tune of $200-$300 million annually.
If even a penny of the money Turkish Airlines makes off of the fare goes to fund Hamas, that's something I for one would have an issue with, for the sake of saving money on a flight to Israel. The irony of funding terrorism in order to visit the nation most affected by it is obvious.
I was actually considering flying on Turkish to Israel in March. I mentioned this to a friend who is a prominent executive at Air Canada who pointed out most of the above.
Interested in hearing your thoughts as to what, if any, responsibility you feel is yours."
Holy moly.
"Hey Dan, I follow your site diligently for deal, airfare, mileage, etc. I frequently benefit from the deals you post on flights to Israel.
I wanted to drop you a line about deals you post for flights on ElAl. While I fully advocate you posting the deals and letting people make their own decisions, there's the small matter of what your personal responsibility is to give people all the facts. As someone who is outwardly Jewish and shomer shabbos, do you not owe it to your readers, many of whom are unwitting to disclose ElAl's direct connection to Zionism? Namely:
Almost 100% of ElAl wasis owned by the Israeli Government till 1989 (see
http://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/31/business/israel-to-sell-big-stake-in-el-al.html and still - as of today owns almost %14 of ElAl shares, see here:
http://maya.tase.co.il/bursa/report.asp?report_cd=266295 other articles available upon request). Further, Israel is known to fund settlements to the tune of $200-$300 million annually.
If even a penny of the money ElAl makes off of the fare goes to fund settelments, that's something I for one would have an issue with, for the sake of saving money on a flight to Israel. The irony of funding התגרות בּאומות in order to visit the nation most affected by it is obvious.
I was actually considering flying on ElAL to Israel in March. I mentioned this to a friend who is a prominent Rabbe at Satmar who pointed out most of the above.
Interested in hearing your thoughts as to what, if any, responsibility you feel is yours."