Following a hearing on a discrimination suit last week, the Supreme Court issued a show-cause order demanding that the Airport Authority explain why it cannot run security checks based on equal, uniform and practical criteria, instead of the current situation, in which Israeli Arab citizens are automaticly labelled a security risk.
Ahead of the Airport Authority's formal response, a security figure told Arutz Sheva's Hebrew service Monday morning that he was "sorry to hear that Supreme Court judges sit in their air-conditioned rooms and do not understand the dangers posed by the debate." Referring to the September 11, 2001 attacks by Arab extremists on the United States, the source continued, "The Twin Towers tragedy took place, the danger has not disappeared and peace has not come. The court is endangering the security of the citizens of Israel."