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Arab Labor MK says airport security 'humiliated' her children

By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent

Tags: Nadia Hilou, Israel

Israeli Arabs are subjected to humiliating treatment at Ben-Gurion International Airport just because of their ethnicity, MK Nadia Hilou said Sunday. Hilou added that she intended to write a letter of complaint on the matter to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

In her letter, Hilou said she intends to complain about how the airport's security officers treated her twin daughters last Sunday when they flew for a holiday in Prague. The two women - both studying for their master's degrees - were taken aside where their luggage was thoroughly frisked in plain sight of other passengers, Hilou said.

The MK filed an official complaint with the Israel Airports Authority, which is responsible for security procedures at the airport. The authority's spokesperson said the organization is studying the complaint, adding that the treatment the two women received "was according to protocol."

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Hilou's daughters told her of the incident only after they returned to Israel last week. They said that after the frisking, a security officer was assigned to accompany them, presumably to make sure she did not receive anything to take onboard the plane.

"What happened to my daughters demonstrates what is happening to the entire Arab public in border crossings, and it is unacceptable," the complaint read

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1.	LABOR , aIRPOR SECURITY	04:36	\|	hg	01/10/07

2.	MK Nadia Hilou`s children	04:44	\|	Neil Golan	01/10/07

3.	HG Houston Texas	04:50	\|	Neil Golan	01/10/07

4.	ALON, HG TEXAS	05:09	\|	NAJI BENAJI	01/10/07

5.	H.G. #3	05:14	\|	Naji Benaji	01/10/07

6.	HG	05:15	\|	vik	01/10/07

7.	ARAB`S	05:29	\|	NOONELIKESYOU	01/10/07

8.	Mrs. Hilou - Israel couldn`t take the chance	05:30	\|	* BEN JABO	01/10/07

9.	Everyone Undergoes Security Checks	06:21	\|	C.Qurity	01/10/07

10.	discrimination	06:33	\|	kaa	01/10/07

11.	Obviously Arabs shouldn`t be checked like others !	06:46	\|	redmike	01/10/07

12.	labour MK	06:51	\|	Fredy Ross	01/10/07

13.	Airport Security Humiliation	07:07	\|	David	01/10/07

14.	The humiliation started before the airport incident	07:25	\|	Natallie Durson	01/10/07

15.	It happened also to me	07:41	\|	Martha Hoelzermann	01/10/07

16.	Keep up the good work	08:21	\|	Moshe	01/10/07

17.	any airline but ELAL	08:47	\|	SJ	01/10/07

18.	#10 kaa - did you read this article b4 your knee-jerk reaction?	09:17	\|	CK Tan	01/10/07

19.	Different types of humiliation	09:32	\|	Big Al	01/10/07

20.	Airport security	09:36	\|	Gabe	01/10/07

21.	The word frisk is incorrect and deliberately inflammatory	09:51	\|	Binyamin	01/10/07

22.	There`s no contradiction here.	09:56	\|	Colin Wright	01/10/07

23.	I recieved same treatment at Ben Gurion	09:57	\|	Marc Hamil	01/10/07

24.	Security	09:57	\|	Paul	01/10/07

25.	Why Fly?	10:01	\|	Juniper	01/10/07

26.	Hilu may settlle down in gaza	10:05	\|	trumpeldor	01/10/07

27.	Duh!son	10:11	\|	Margie in Tel Aviv	01/10/07

28.	Wright is wrong again	10:14	\|	J	01/10/07

29.	Amman airport?	10:28	\|	Muppet	01/10/07

30.	Same happened to me	10:34	\|	Dan	01/10/07

31.	What next terrorists complaining about being humiliated	11:08	\|	Yoav Naor	01/10/07

32.	Colin Wright,send your wife to Arlanda or Kastrup	11:15	\|	Absolute Sweden	01/10/07

33.	Incessant whining	11:18	\|	Yaov Naor	01/10/07

34.	Alert, Known Traitors are Approaching the Airport	11:34	\|	Efox	01/10/07

35.	Taking a public transport is like playing Russian Roulette	12:30	\|	Alice of Wonderland	01/10/07

36.	harassment at Ben Gurion Airport - avoid El Al	12:32	\|	dana	01/10/07

37.	#22	12:36	\|	Moshe	01/10/07

38.	You could avoid Israel completely dana	12:46	\|	Israeli	01/10/07

39.	#22 Dana: defying danger "civilly"	13:02	\|	Alice of Wonderland	01/10/07

40.	Yes Dana things could be worse we could find ourslves sitting	14:13	\|	Yoav Naor	01/10/07

41.	#14 NUT allie	16:15	\|	* BEN JABO	01/10/07

42.	#22 Colin Wrong again	16:21	\|	* BEN JABO	01/10/07

43.	#36 Dana CA	16:34	\|	* BEN JABO	01/10/07

44.	Israeli, Alice of wonderland, yoav naor and BEN JABO	21:42	\|	dana	01/10/07

45.	#44 Dana - by all means take the first or	23:02	\|	* BEN JABO	01/10/07

46.	BEN JABO - Re Lufthansa and El Al - to each their own	05:16	\|	dana	02/10/07

47.	#46 Dana	16:39	\|	* BEN JABO	02/10/07

48.	Fly El Al and arrive in one piece	09:41	\|	Carlos Murphy	03/10/07

49.	Quit whining	18:00	\|	P.M.	21/11/07

50.	Airport Security	21:04	\|	Vera	21/11/07

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