Chairman Yisrael Eichler of the Knesset's Special Committee for Public Petitions asked EL AL on Tuesday to allow women to change their places on a plane so as not to sit next to men.
During a discussion on the recent flight that was diverted to Athens to avoid desecration of the Sabbath, the United Torah Judaism Knesset member said, "There are women whose rights are trampled by the fact that they are forced to sit next to men. They want to sit apart and must be allowed." He concluded, "Women have rights."