08.03.2011                      02.Adar ll, 5771

Diskriminierung:

High Court: Explain why Israeli Arabs discriminated against by airport security

Court responds to petition filed by civil rights group against Shin Bet and Airports Authority, complaining that entire sector is tagged as generalized 'security risk'.

The High Court of Justice on Monday ordered the Airports Authority and the Shin Bet security services to explain why security checks at Israel's airports were being conducted in a discriminatory fashion.
The court was responding to a petition filed by a human rights group in 2007 that claimed Israeli Arab citizens were being subjected to racial profiling at Israel's airports, tagged in a generalized was a "security risk"….