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Last update - 20:33 09/10/2008 Arab lawyer detained after refusing to remove pants during airport check By Ruth Sinai and Roni Singer-Heruti Tags: Israeli Arabs, Khalid Dukhi  An Israeli Arab lawyer for the workers rights group Kav La'Oved was handcuffed and briefly detained by police this week when he refused to take his pants off during an airport security check. It was the second time in two months that local airport officials had asked Khalid Dukhi to remove his pants as part of a pre-flight security check. Dukhi was flying from Tel Aviv to Eilat on Monday to provide legal assistance to Sudanese refugees working in hotels in the southern city when security officials at the Sde Dov airport asked him to remove his pants after a hand-held metal detector beeped when it was waved over them. When he said he would rather leave the airport, the officials called the police, who informed Dukhi he was under arrest, handcuffed him, and removed his pants to complete the search. The authorities found no irregularities and released Dukhi, three hours after his flight was scheduled. Advertisement "We take a grave view of this incident, which contradicts promises made by the [Israel Airports] Authority and El Al to treat Arab citizens in an appropriate and humane manner," said the Mossawa Israeli Arab advocacy center. The airports authority said Dukhi was examined closely "in light of a specific alert that was revealed during the search," and said the security officials called the police "to help them convince the passenger to be examined and refute the suspicion." Authority officials said they did not know whether there had been a specific warning when Dukhi was searched the first time. Police said Dukhi was released as soon as the search was completed. "Police got a call from the security officials in the Sde Dov airport, saying there was a man there who was refusing to be checked and was becoming unruly," police said. "Patrol officers arrived at the scene and told the suspect that since he was refusing to be searched, he would have to be arrested. Since the suspect refused, the police officers arrested him, searched him, and when the search was completed, he was released on the spot." Bookmark to del.icio.us   Interview with a killer Yigal Amir describes how the idea to assassinate Yitzhak Rabin came about. Absentees for McCain Exit poll reveals U.S. absentee voters in Israel back McCain over Obama by 3-1.   1.   Israel has become quite sick indeed... 02:38  |  BBSNews 08/10/08   2.   What a lovely bunch of humans.... 03:15  |  jc 08/10/08   3.   Dukhi is always welcome in any Arab`s state - they will 03:23  |  treat him better 08/10/08   4.   Sick indeed 03:26  |  Try Chechnya 08/10/08   5.   "Try Chechnya" says Israel should follow HR violators... 04:04  |  BBSNews 08/10/08   6.   Okay, got the message 04:41  |  Montrealer 08/10/08   7.   HOW MANY ARABS 05:13  |  judith 08/10/08   8.   humiliating but reasonable treatment 05:22  |  jb 08/10/08   9.   Search was warranted 05:27  |  Gili 08/10/08   10.   You can´t have it both ways 05:34  |  Mr. Underpants 08/10/08   11.   health 06:37  |  Ethan 08/10/08   12.   Never happened to me as a Saudi 07:05  |  Mohammed 08/10/08   13.   these are the portenders of fascism 07:05  |  KMS 08/10/08   14.   Unnecessary provocation 07:27  |  Esther 08/10/08   15.   #1 08:14  |  mike 08/10/08   16.   You`re guilty ... 08:30  |  Indiginous 08/10/08   17.   Don`t keep metal in your pants 08:35  |  JD 08/10/08   18.   If the Arabs didn`t want airport searches 08:38  |  x-ray 08/10/08   19.   Detained passenger 08:40  |  Raanana 08/10/08   20.   Esther imagine it was a settler, now can you see it? 08:46  |  Settler Babe 08/10/08   21.   When security is not security 08:59  |  Antony 08/10/08   22.   THE ACT OF DESPERATION FROM RACIST ZIONISTS 09:04  |  indrajaya 08/10/08   23.   Israel`s tourists to UK should be strip searched 09:10  |  Chanalau, Tova 08/10/08   24.   was the second time in two months ?? 09:26  |  long search ?? 08/10/08   25.   Airport Check 09:40  |  Ribi 08/10/08   26.   Disgusted 09:42  |  Shmuel 08/10/08   27.   Did they also make him take off his shoes? 09:51  |  Ilan 08/10/08   28.   I would not like to take my cloths of either 10:37  |  Edith 08/10/08   29.   #14 Shmuel, I am flabbergasted 10:50  |  Edith 08/10/08   30.   The so caled Light unto Nations sinks further into Darkness 11:00  |  Labhras 08/10/08   31.   Babe#9...totally irrelevant response... 11:23  |  Esther 08/10/08   32.   Tova #11 11:30  |  Esther 08/10/08   33.   This man is not humble 11:50  |  JP 08/10/08   34.   I know the feeling 12:03  |  Never again 08/10/08   35.   racism 12:13  |  D 08/10/08   36.   How to avoid further embarrassing situations 12:26  |  Alicia 08/10/08   37.   security is security if you dont like it dont fly 12:31  |  zionist forever 08/10/08   38.   this one made a headline..how about others 12:41  |  meir gush etzion 08/10/08   39.   security 12:51  |  Charles 08/10/08   40.   why don`t you take the car 13:13  |  Flightattendant 08/10/08   41.   #11 13:34  |  Alberto 08/10/08   42.   Thank you airport security for keeping us safe 13:47  |  Normal passengers 08/10/08   43.   The Sin of Racism... The sin of Denial 13:59  |  Louis 08/10/08   44.   bbs news your hatred and animosity 14:02  |  judah 08/10/08   45.   arab 14:12  |  logical 08/10/08   46.   Babe#9.... Imagine WHO was a settler...?! 14:14  |  Esther 08/10/08   47.   Inhumane treatment 14:34  |  Rami 08/10/08   48.   #1 BBSNews 14:35  |  Mike 08/10/08   49.   ABSOLUTELY the correct response (textbook). 14:41  |  DOC HOLLIDAY 08/10/08   50.   #10;indrajaya, the world will see your "act of desperation" 14:45  |  DOC HOLLIDAY 08/10/08   51.   Making a mountain out of a molehill 14:54  |  Murray of Montreal 08/10/08   52.   State sanctioned humiliation 15:03  |  Myles 08/10/08   53.   To take Humanity away 15:26  |  Ellen 08/10/08   54.   #1 In continuation to BBS comments 15:32  |  John Allen U.S.A. 08/10/08   55.   #19 Why is Israel always considered wrong. 15:43  |  John Allen U.S.A. 08/10/08   56.   bbsnews.net 15:45  |  Larry 08/10/08   57.   Where`s The Discrimination? 15:46  |  Jeff Northridge 08/10/08   58.   Rules applied equally? 15:53  |  Mark 08/10/08   59.   You must be kidding 16:20  |  peter 08/10/08   60.   misfir of qatar university 16:23  |  shadrack 08/10/08   61.   GET OVER IT 16:24  |  LM 08/10/08   62.   #22 Indonesia murders passengers on planes. 16:47  |  Liliane 08/10/08   63.   Bad News 16:49  |  Cynic 08/10/08   64.   Esther knows the man didn`t have bad intentions 16:50  |  Settler Babe 08/10/08   65.   judah, it is you who puts Israel on guard... 16:51  |  BBSNews 08/10/08   66.   57 Jeff Northridge- the point is 16:55  |  customs 08/10/08   67.   #57 - discrimination? 17:28  |  Iamashamed 08/10/08   68.   What did they find after they stripped him? 18:00  |  Jack 08/10/08   69.   Everybody agrees to search by buying air ticket 18:46  |  Aryeh 08/10/08   70.   Are Jews treated the same? 19:16  |  Janice 08/10/08   71.   Detention of Arab Lawyer to #68 19:22  |  David 08/10/08   72.   Hardly A Travesty.... 19:41  |  Gray 08/10/08   73.