The first Israeli Arab to pass El Al’s flight attendant school will begin work for Israel’s national airline this month. The hiring of law student Assad Joubran, who recently passed the airline’s course for flight attendants, comes after the airline was criticized earlier this year for refusing to admit an Israeli Arab to the course. The airline said a previous applicant had failed the course’s entrance exam.
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