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Brit sues easyJet after being pressured to give up seat for Orthodox Jewish men

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A British-Israeli woman is suing easyJet for discrimination after she was forced to move seat to accommodate an ultra-Orthodox Jewish men.

Melanie Wolfson, 38, claims she was made to move seats so the father and son did not have to sit next to a woman. She is suing the budget airline for 66,438 shekels (£14,800) in compensation for the flight from London to Tel Aviv, according to a suit filed last week on her behalf.

The plaintiff, a professional fundraiser, is demanding that the airline change its guidelines for flight crew to prohibit them from asking women to switch seats because of their gender.

In response easyJet have said they 'do not discriminate on any grounds'. According to Haaretz, Ms Wolfson wants female passengers to be

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