“X” marks the Israeli-Arab workers at Knesset building site

[Scurrilous]

http://www.maarivenglish.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&articleID=4287

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"Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin has instructed that the practice of marking the hard hats of Arab-Israeli laborers at the Knesset be stopped.

Earlier, Maariv reported that the white hard hats worn by Israeli-Arab construction workers building the new wing of the Knesset have been spray-painted with a red “X”. The Security Department instructed that their helmets be marked so that it would be easier to distinguish them from other, foreign workers and keep a constant watch on their movements. The instructions were issued even though many of the workers were cleared by the General Security Service within the last month. In a story scheduled for the Hebrew magazine section of Friday’s Maariv, the X is explained as a target for security snipers posted on the Knesset balcony, in the event of a riot or attack.

“We aren’t saying that there is no need for checking us”, admitted Muhammad Hussein from Shaab. “But why do be need to be singled out as Arabs? What is the red spray paint on our heads for? As much as I want to work, this hurts”.

The distinctions between workers at the construction site aroused harsh reactions. “I think this is a shameful disgrace for the Knesset”, MK Issam Mahoul (Hadash-Ta’al) told Maariv. “This is exactly the kind of thing that creates people like Eliran Golan . I have no problem with security needs but this kind of marking is insufferable. If it isn’t removed, I will insist that it be replaced with a yellow patch."

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1. What's next?

Will they take a page from the medieval period and make folks where the little lead tokens, or one red shoe and one black shoe? Nothing like taking a page from those that have discriminated in the past...gee, humanity has gone so far....