Foreign press group blasts ‘racial profiling’ at Prime Minister’s Office

Israel’s Foreign Press Association has issued a scathing condemnation of the Prime Minister’s Office after an Arab Israeli journalist was asked to remove her bra during a full-body search in order to enter the weekly cabinet meeting this morning.

“This is the latest in a long line of intrusive and inappropriate body checks against Arab Israeli journalists by the prime minister’s security staff,” the FPA says in a statement.

“The Foreign Press Association condemns this act of racial profiling, which not only runs counter to Israel’s democratic ideals, but makes a mockery of the accreditation process and raises deep questions about the prime minister’s repeated claims that he is committed to equality for all of Israel’s citizens.”

The FPA is demanding an apology and an immediate stop to such practices.