France’s main international airport, Charles de Gaulle, has opened an investigation after a security agent at a French airport was filmed saying “free Palestine” while returning passports to a group of passengers.
A viral video showed the airport employee approaching a group of tourists, reported to be Israelis, and repeating the slogan as she handed each one their passport in turn.
Reports suggest that the group, who were due to travel on an Air France flight, had their passports taken for secondary checks required for passengers travelling to and from high-risk countries — one of which is Israel.
Air France has since confirmed that the staff member was not employed by the airline and was a contractor from an external security company brought in by the airport.
