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The profiling methods, which are rejected by many in the West, have also stirred debate in Israel, and a major case on profiling was heard by Israel’s Supreme Court. The problem is people from abroad don’t understand.” 'Democracy should protect itself' I’ve seen it happen,” says Gal El, a 40-year-old airport employee from Jerusalem on a work break. If you look suspicious, they might open your suitcases and dismantle it piece by piece.

Still, the stress affects everyone: At a security podium Friday an agent asked a flustered New York traveler to take out the contents of a backpack and half accused, “Are you nervous?”Īnd though that’s the main checkpoint, security officials at Ben Gurion check travel documents twice more before passengers get to relax near the duty free shops. Arab passengers are frequently subjected to body searches and more intensive interrogation. Sometimes the questioning can continue for several minutes. Security agents behind podia scrutinize passengers’ passports, itineraries, reactions, and accents. “Where are you coming from? Where do you live? Who packed your bags? Who was watching the bags since you packed them?” Passengers and families lugging large suitcases slowly approach another security agent, who begins with a set script of questions about the luggage that veteran travelers can recite by rote: Once inside the departure check-in hall, a new line snakes to and fro. Some travelers pass through with no questions, while others are asked to present identification documents. Security guards with Israeli flag patches on their sleeves are also posted outside the sliding doors leading to the main departure terminal at the airport. Maybe for the young generation this is a problem.” Layers of scrutiny The security checks can take a long time, but the security is good,’’ says Khader Attoun, a 55-year-old Palestinian health-care administrative cleric from East Jerusalem who was flying to Istanbul Friday. “We have to get here three hours before departure. It can also mean enduring the anxiety of getting stuck in long security queues when rushing to make a plane.įor Arab and Muslim passengers mainly, it can mean awkward interrogations and sometimes body searches. The enhanced security at Ben Gurion means the extra inconvenience for all travelers, regardless of ethnicity, of having to arrive 30 minutes to an hour earlier than at other airports. 'You can’t have 100 percent protection of privacy and human rights and not have terror attacks,’’ says Mr.

Tuesday’s bomb attacks in Brussels and at its airport renewed criticism among Israelis who say Europeans are too lax in the fight against terrorism and too “liberal’’ in their approach to security. A terrorist attack at an airport is more than an attack, it’s a hit on the reputation of the entire country,’’ says Pinni Schiff, a former security chief for Israel’s Airport Authority. Stronger NATO, more decisive EU: What Putin’s war hath wrought But security experts say that has helped prevent a major terrorist attack from being carried out at the airport for more than 40 years. The measures also include a system of racial profiling techniques that have raised allegations of anti-Arab discrimination from Israeli civil rights advocates. The personnel include members of Israel’s police and border patrol as well as uniformed airport guards and armed plainclothes officers. That welcome is the first of at least five layers of security personnel who scrutinize, interrogate, and often search passengers before they reach the gangway to board their plane. One asks where they’re coming from, and another stands nearby with a finger on the trigger of a machine gun. Instead of a toll collector, however, two security guards greet travelers. The queues at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport begin when travelers are still in their vehicles, shortly after getting off the highway, at what appears to be a multi-lane toll booth. For prospective air travelers, this is what one of the world’s safest airports looks like.

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