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Last update - 01:16 10/01/2007 Machsom Watch requests to monitor airport security checks By Yoav Stern and Zohar Blumenkrantz, Haaretz Correspondents Machsom Watch, a group of women who monitor the behavior of Israeli security forces at West Bank checkpoints, has recently requested permission to monitor the interrogation of Arab travelers at Ben-Gurion International Airport. The group sent the request in a letter to Israel Airports Authority head Gabi Ophir and Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz. Maya Bailey, one of the Machsom Watch leaders, said Tuesday that the organization does not plan on having regular shifts at the airport, due to a shortage of volunteers. Advertisement "I think it would be enough to work with the security personnel and help with their training," she said. "It could prevent a great deal of the suffering caused to passengers." If the Airports Authority agrees to the request, it will mark the first time the volunteers would be operating within the Green Line. Bailey said Machsom Watch does not oppose the airport security checks themselves, but does oppose the humiliating way in which they are sometimes conducted. Machsom Watch's airport activities, if approved, will be funded by the New Israel Fund. Several months ago, Dr. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, one of the funds' board members and a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ended up canceling a flight to an international conference in Tunis due to the security check she underwent at Ben-Gurion Airport. The Nazareth-based Arab Association for Human Rights has since compiled a report showing that security officials discriminate against Arab passengers. Bookmark to del.icio.us   His Majesty's envoy Report: Bahraini king taps Jewish woman lawmaker as envoy to U.S. Light unto the nations After five months of suspense, the hoopoe is crowned Israel's state bird.   1.   Parallel Infrastructure 20:30  |  BenAbuzaglo 09/01/07   2.   hell no 20:32  |  vik 09/01/07   3.   enough already... 20:37  |  total insanity 09/01/07   4.   So, where is then EQUALITY?! 20:44  |  BenAbuzaglo 09/01/07   5.   People with too much free time on their hands 20:45  |  PPM 09/01/07   6.   #2, #3 20:53  |  Paul 09/01/07   7.   Put Maya Bailey`s kids on a plane vetted by her "volunteers" 20:56  |  Absolute Sweden 09/01/07   8.   tell them to take a hike to saudi arabia to check on the great 20:57  |  ralph 09/01/07   9.   better still go to gazaand keep watch on shalit`s health 20:58  |  ralph 09/01/07   10.   More than enough 20:58  |  NP 09/01/07   11.   Is this because no plane has been hijacked from BG 21:09  |  Leib 09/01/07   12.   WELL DONE MACHSOM WATCH 21:16  |  Dafna 09/01/07   13.   Enough of Machsom Watch racism 21:27  |  JPS 09/01/07   14.   they should monitor the inside of jails and not be let out ! 21:33  |  redmike 09/01/07   15.   Let them monitor their pals at Rafa 21:42  |  Bimmer 09/01/07   16.   Shin Bet: 14% of suicide bombers had Israeli ID cards 21:58  |  Jack 09/01/07   17.   Officially Approved 5th Columnists? 22:17  |  J of Hollywood 09/01/07   18.   Arabs are a security risk!!! Why pretend they are not? 22:19  |  Ben 09/01/07   19.   Useful purpose for Machsom Watch 22:41  |  * BEN JABO 09/01/07   20.   And who were and are all terror personal 23:19  |  AW 09/01/07   21.   can you imagine the hell for their husbands 23:31  |  rich 09/01/07   22.   Isn`t Olmert`s daughter leader of this pack? 23:38  |  common sense 09/01/07   23.   THE NEW OLD WORD FOR IDIOCY " MACHSOM" 23:40  |  paul harris 09/01/07   24.   If they are so concerned about human rights go work in Syria 00:28  |  RA 10/01/07   25.   Why the hatred towards Machsom? 00:44  |  American Patriot 10/01/07   26.   Arabs can`t have it both ways 01:06  |  motti 10/01/07   27.   Send Maya Bailey and Machsom Watch to Iran and Syria............. 02:07  |  Vittorio 10/01/07   28.   G-d forbid If I were the husband of a Machsom Lady 02:58  |  * BEN JABO 10/01/07   29.   AIRPORT SECURITY 03:35  |  TOIA 10/01/07   30.   # 25. no hatred. just opposition to stupidity. useful idiots need 04:22  |  ralph 10/01/07   31.   To PPM #5 05:13  |  Sara Levy 10/01/07   32.   Not just Arabs who get special attention 11:05  |  Richard 10/01/07   33.   Where do I sign? 15:48  |  Rami 10/01/07   34.   Don`t let your hatred blinds you.. 15:58  |  Rami 10/01/07   35.   God bless them 21:59  |  Maher 10/01/07   36.   #33 Rami`s security check 03:08  |  * BEN JABO 11/01/07   37.   vik # 2 13:01  |  dubious 13/01/07   38.   #16 Israeli ID cards, not citizenship 07:40  |  Philip 30/05/08   39.   #32 - Bollox what you are saying 07:43  |  Philip 30/05/08

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