Signs of a diseased nation poisoned with racism and hiding behind notions of 'security':
1. Israeli soldiers at the airport strip searching 10 year old girls because they have Arabic surnames.
2. Guards targeting a 79 year old holocaust survivor after she participated in a nonviolent protest on the west bank, strip searching and molesting her.
3. Soldiers strip searching a Palestinian American woman with Cerebral Palsy and refusing to return her maxi pad or let her purchase a new one.
These are true stories about women's experiences at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. There is a very powerful 13 minute documentary that you can watch (I highly recommend):
http://www.ifamericansknew.org/about_us/easiesttargets.html. This makes my phone disappearance at the Jordanian border seem minuscule, my heart sink, and my stomach turn. I'm less than excited to go to the airport.
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hannahla
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