After many years before Israel’s High Court of Justice, the current civil rights case was dismissed, but allows future petitions if necessary.
The High Court of Justice on Wednesday carved out a middle ground in one of the most important recent cases to be decided on the issue of racial profiling, with the particular case relating to security at Ben-Gurion Airport.
Entry into security check at Israel’s Ben Gurion Int’l Airport – Photo: REUTERS
On one hand the court dismissed the petition which had an ultimate goal of complete elimination of racial profiling and partially accepted the state’s argument that it could not completely change without heavily burdening all travelers, a change which would have been disproportionate. Continue Reading »
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