--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sgrayatlarge <no_re...@...> wrote: > > Is this the only passenger that has been subjected to this > kind of treatment or have there been others? We wouldn't > know because the The Hindu article didn't say. So is this > an isolated incident? Perhaps some investigative journalism > would help here.
Sounds like somebody's Zionist button got pushed. :-) El Al is widely known in Europe as the worst airline to fly in terms of treating its passengers badly. Many travel agencies will actually advise you not to fly on El Al if you have a skin color any darker than an Irish summer tan, because the extra time you'll spend in sec- urity checks can make you miss your flights. Passengers flying El Al out of one airport in Spain were strip- searched often enough (and without finding even a single instance that justified the strip searches) that the airport considered banning the airline entirely. The company I work for no longer books flights on El Al for its employees. If it was a Saudi airline employee sticking a flashlight up your ass, you wouldn't be making noises about how one incident doesn't necessarily make the whole airline bad. But when it's El Al, you want more "investigative journalism." The results of such investigations are long since in. Israelis in security positions often seem to go out of their way to be hated. And then people like you imply that they're drawing fire only because they're Jews. It's not because they're Jews. It's because they're assholes. > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason <jedi_spock@> wrote: > > > > News » Cities » Bangalore > > > > âIsraeli airline security check dehumanising' > > Staff Reporter > > > > Frequent fliers may have become accustomed to > > intense security checks at airports. Baggage > > screening has extended to footwear, banned > > products now include toothpaste, and it may not be > > long before controversial full-body scans are > > routine. > > > > A letter to the Ministry of External Affairs, > > however, suggests that invasive security measures > > used by some airlines can push even the most > > seasoned travellers beyond endurance. > > > > Scientist S. Chinniah, in the letter dated August > > 18, alleges that she was subjected to a > > four-and-half hour âdehumanisingâ security check > > by the Israeli airline El Al at the Mumbai > > airport. > > > > Ms. Chinniah, who lives with her husband and two > > daughters in Bangalore, travelled on a vacation on > > June 24 to Tel Aviv to see her friends from > > Cornell University, where she studied. At the > > Mumbai airport, she said, she was subjected to a > > traumatic interrogation, for no apparent reason, > > and without explanation. > > > > Having arrived several hours early, she was in the > > security-check line when El Al security led her to > > a small room at the back of the airport and kept > > her there for the next four-and-half hours. > > > > Their aggressive questioning included queries on > > her recent travel to Malaysia and Dubai, including > > whom she visited there. > > > > To her mortification, she was asked to remove her > > trousers and shoes. Ms. Chinniah was concerned > > that a woman security was not present. She was > > left with three men, who refused to show her any > > identification. She said she was not allowed to > > eat, drink water or go to the toilet. > > > > âNo Indian security personnel were present during > > this process, given that it was conducted on > > Indian soil. Only Israeli security personnel (all > > of whom spoke Hebrew) were present when I was > > taken aside,â she said. > > > > Ms. Chinniah has sent copies of her letter to El > > Al Airlines, the Israeli Embassy and the United > > States consulates in Chennai and Mumbai. > >  > >  > > >
