Comments on: Regularly confronting discrimination at Ben Gurion Airport http://972mag.com/my-regular-confrontation-with-discrimination-at-ben-gurion-airport/12452/ Independent commentary and news from Israel & Palestine Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:13:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jack Shasha http://972mag.com/my-regular-confrontation-with-discrimination-at-ben-gurion-airport/12452/comment-page-1/#comment-37080 Jack Shasha Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:27:42 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=12452#comment-37080 Granted there may be over-zealous security officials at Israeli airports, but it is natural when seeing that the majority of violence today is originated by Muslims. Also, when Jews are allowed to enter Muslim countries quite a few are imprisoned on suspicion of spying. Granted there may be over-zealous security officials at Israeli airports, but it is natural when seeing that the majority of violence today is originated by Muslims. Also, when Jews are allowed to enter Muslim countries quite a few are imprisoned on suspicion of spying.

]]> By: judith margolis http://972mag.com/my-regular-confrontation-with-discrimination-at-ben-gurion-airport/12452/comment-page-1/#comment-7573 judith margolis Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:30:16 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=12452#comment-7573 The situation you describe is terrible and has to improve. But you fail to mention the fact that Israelis cannot even enter most Arab countries and Jews from America, for example when permitted to enter are advised not to wear garments that identify them as Jewish. The situation you describe is terrible and has to improve. But you fail to mention the fact that Israelis cannot even enter most Arab countries and Jews from America, for example when permitted to enter are advised not to wear garments that identify them as Jewish.

]]> By: piotr http://972mag.com/my-regular-confrontation-with-discrimination-at-ben-gurion-airport/12452/comment-page-1/#comment-7472 piotr Fri, 25 Mar 2011 23:59:43 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=12452#comment-7472 There is something wrong in Israeli society, at least judging on readers' comments in ynetnews. There is a story about strip searching Dan Rather's crew before an interview with an Israeli minister. He complained that it never happened in his carrier, and he interviewed personages as paranoid as Saddam Hussein. Comments in something like 50 to 1 proportion expressed joy that Rather was humiliated, given how bad enemy of Israel he is. I did not really see people trying to justify the stripping of the crew on "security grounds", humiliation was what appealed to ynetnews readers. Some comments had title "Ha ha ha!". There is something wrong in Israeli society, at least judging on readers’ comments in ynetnews.

There is a story about strip searching Dan Rather’s crew before an interview with an Israeli minister. He complained that it never happened in his carrier, and he interviewed personages as paranoid as Saddam Hussein. Comments in something like 50 to 1 proportion expressed joy that Rather was humiliated, given how bad enemy of Israel he is. I did not really see people trying to justify the stripping of the crew on “security grounds”, humiliation was what appealed to ynetnews readers. Some comments had title “Ha ha ha!”.

]]> By: aziz http://972mag.com/my-regular-confrontation-with-discrimination-at-ben-gurion-airport/12452/comment-page-1/#comment-7422 aziz Fri, 25 Mar 2011 02:39:26 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=12452#comment-7422 Amin, I used to travel through Jordan, however the process of coming back from Jordan into Jericho was not much better than Ben Gurion Airport. Eventually, It was less efficient with the same discrimination, as for finances... I still had to pay hundreds of shekels for border taxes so it doesn't make a difference financially whether you travel from Ben Gurion or Jericho Amin, I used to travel through Jordan, however the process of coming back from Jordan into Jericho was not much better than Ben Gurion Airport. Eventually, It was less efficient with the same discrimination, as for finances… I still had to pay hundreds of shekels for border taxes so it doesn’t make a difference financially whether you travel from Ben Gurion or Jericho

]]> By: Amin Nusseibeh http://972mag.com/my-regular-confrontation-with-discrimination-at-ben-gurion-airport/12452/comment-page-1/#comment-7416 Amin Nusseibeh Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:12:16 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=12452#comment-7416 Why do you fly out of Ben Gurion at all? As British General Evelyn Barker stated in 1947 "Hit those people where it hurts-in their pockets" fly out of Amman instead Why do you fly out of Ben Gurion at all? As British General Evelyn Barker stated in 1947 “Hit those people where it hurts-in their pockets”
fly out of Amman instead

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