Delta airline under fire after linking staff wearing Palestine badges with Hamas

Delta Air Lines has come under fierce criticism and boycott calls after appearing to link two of its flight attendants wearing badges of the Palestine flag with Hamas. 

During a flight that reportedly took place on Friday between Boston and West Palm Beach in Florida, a member of the cabin crew was pictured with the pin.

On Tuesday, an X post referencing the two flight attendants, read: “Since 2001, we take our shoes off in every airport because [of] a terrorist attack in US soil. Now imagine getting into a @Delta flight and seeing workers with Hamas badges in the air. What do you do?”

Delta replied on its official X account, in a post that it appeared to endorse the false claim that the Palestine flag was a “Hamas badge”.

“I hear you and I’d be terrified as well, personally. Our employees reflect our culture and we do not take it lightly when our policy is not being followed,” the company wrote. 

“Nothing to worry, this is being investigated already, particularly the involved parties,” it added in another reply.

Both posts have since been deleted. 

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