Spanish Transport Minister Óscar Puente described 50 French Jewish teenagers ejected from a Vueling flight in Valencia on July 23 as “Israeli brats,” in a post on X published on Friday and later deleted.

In the post, he asked: “Will the patriots be with Vueling? Will the law and order lot be with air safety? Will the xenophobes be with the Spanish company? Or will they all be chummy together, backing the Israeli brats?”

The French youths, returning to Paris after summer camp, were removed from a flight leaving Valencia for what Spanish police and the airline on Thursday described as “unruly behavior.”

Vueling denied reports that the removing of the teenagers was related to the passengers’ religion, as it was reported in some Israeli media.

A Guardia Civil spokesperson said the gendar

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