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As an Israeli, you see the "easy" side of Israeli security. As someone who has flown to Israel for work, I can tell you that if you're not Israeli or Jewish, y

As an Israeli, you see the "easy" side of Israeli security. As someone who has flown to Israel for work, I can tell you that if you're not Israeli or Jewish, you don't get such a great experience. And according to one of my Arab American coworkers, it can get much much worse than what I experienced. I just don't see how the profiling that takes place in Israel would ever work in a multicultural society like the US.

pytrin 14y ago
You should read the article in the comment below yours to understand what I mean by "profiling". I did not mean special treatment by race or religion - crazy fanatics and terrorists come in all shapes and sizes.
endtime 14y ago
Israel is very multicultural; there are over 1.5 million Arab Muslim Israelis, and Israeli Jews include Americans, Europeans, Russians, Ethiopians, and various flavors of Arab/mizrachi Jew.
- jpatokal 14y ago
  Yup, and have you tried asking those Arab Muslim Israelis how they feel about flying? http://www.yalibnan.com/2010/11/27/israeli-profiling-airport-security-system-targets-arabs-muslims/ http://www.yalibnan.com/2010/11/27/israeli-profiling-airport... FWIW, I had the rare pleasure of flying into Gaza airport shortly before its runways were bombed by the IDF. It took me 4 hours to get through security and back into Israel, and I'm a pointy hat short of a Viking (blond hair, blue eyes, the works). Can you imagine the treatment an ordinary Palestinian gets?
AJ007 14y ago
Its not an issue of it not working -- it would be illegal. Illegal things can not happen in plain site in the US, and the airport is one of those places. Everyone knows the TSA is a joke, these are people who are qualified to do very little else. The TSA procedures are just noise to make the racial profiling look less obvious.
mieses 14y ago
TSA employees lack the intelligence to profile effectively. Probably the standards in Israel are higher.

pytrin 14y ago

You should read the article in the comment below yours to understand what I mean by "profiling". I did not mean special treatment by race or religion - crazy fanatics and terrorists come in all shapes and sizes.

endtime 14y ago

Israel is very multicultural; there are over 1.5 million Arab Muslim Israelis, and Israeli Jews include Americans, Europeans, Russians, Ethiopians, and various flavors of Arab/mizrachi Jew.

jpatokal 14y ago
Yup, and have you tried asking those Arab Muslim Israelis how they feel about flying? http://www.yalibnan.com/2010/11/27/israeli-profiling-airport-security-system-targets-arabs-muslims/ http://www.yalibnan.com/2010/11/27/israeli-profiling-airport... FWIW, I had the rare pleasure of flying into Gaza airport shortly before its runways were bombed by the IDF. It took me 4 hours to get through security and back into Israel, and I'm a pointy hat short of a Viking (blond hair, blue eyes, the works). Can you imagine the treatment an ordinary Palestinian gets?

AJ007 14y ago

Its not an issue of it not working -- it would be illegal. Illegal things can not happen in plain site in the US, and the airport is one of those places. Everyone knows the TSA is a joke, these are people who are qualified to do very little else. The TSA procedures are just noise to make the racial profiling look less obvious.

mieses 14y ago

TSA employees lack the intelligence to profile effectively. Probably the standards in Israel are higher.