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Sep. 12th, 2006 11:10 pmQuoted directly from an email I got from a CPT friend:
In July, Israel denied entry to a lot of travelers, so in Palestine this summer conversations with overseas visitors often touched on “airport stories.” One visitor to At-Tuwani, a Palestinian man from the area who married a Swedish woman and has lived in Sweden for twenty-two years, told us of an exit experience at the airport.
“After they searched all my luggage, the officer said, ‘Now you need to strip.’ I said, ‘You want me to take my clothes off? Why?’ He said, ‘Normal security procedure.’ I said, ‘OK, I’ll undress, but not here in this back room. I’ll go out into the lobby and strip there, in front of all the tourists, and tell everyone, “This is how they treat you when you leave after visiting here – the officer ordered me to take my clothes off.” You can strip-search me out there.’
“The officer asked, ‘You would do that?’, and I said, ‘Yes, I would do that.’ Then he said, ‘Never mind. Take your bags and go to your plane.’”
In July, Israel denied entry to a lot of travelers, so in Palestine this summer conversations with overseas visitors often touched on “airport stories.” One visitor to At-Tuwani, a Palestinian man from the area who married a Swedish woman and has lived in Sweden for twenty-two years, told us of an exit experience at the airport.
“After they searched all my luggage, the officer said, ‘Now you need to strip.’ I said, ‘You want me to take my clothes off? Why?’ He said, ‘Normal security procedure.’ I said, ‘OK, I’ll undress, but not here in this back room. I’ll go out into the lobby and strip there, in front of all the tourists, and tell everyone, “This is how they treat you when you leave after visiting here – the officer ordered me to take my clothes off.” You can strip-search me out there.’
“The officer asked, ‘You would do that?’, and I said, ‘Yes, I would do that.’ Then he said, ‘Never mind. Take your bags and go to your plane.’”
