Editing Racial profiling (section)

===Israel===
{{main|Racial profiling in Israel}}

In 1972, [[Terrorism|terrorists]] from the [[Japanese Red Army]] launched an [[Lod Airport massacre|attack]] that led to the deaths of at least 24 people at [[Ben Gurion Airport]]. Since then, security at the airport has relied on a number of fundamentals, including a heavy focus on what Raphael Ron, former director of security at Ben Gurion, terms the "human factor", which he generalized as "the inescapable fact that [[Terrorism|terrorist attacks]] are carried out by people who can be found and stopped by an effective security methodology."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://securitysolutions.com/news/security_exposing_hostile_intent/|title=What can we learn from Ben Gurion Airport in Israel to help push aviation security in the U.S. to the next level?|website=SecuritySolutions.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108172211/http://securitysolutions.com/news/security_exposing_hostile_intent/|archive-date=2015-11-08|url-status=dead|access-date=2017-01-08}}</ref> As part of its focus on this so-called "human factor", Israeli security officers interrogate travelers using racial profiling, singling out those who appear to be [[Arabs|Arab]] based on name or physical appearance.<ref>[[International Herald Tribune]], [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/09/africa/ME-Israel-Airport-Dance.php Israeli airport security order dancer to prove identity with dance steps], September 9, 2008</ref> Additionally, all passengers, including those who do not appear to be of Arab descent, are questioned as to why they are traveling to Israel, followed by several general questions about the trip in order to search for inconsistencies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://volokh.com/posts/1196146293.shtml|title=Airport Security in Israel|last=Somin|first=Ilya|date=2007-11-27|website=The Volokh Conspiracy|access-date=2019-01-08}}</ref> Although numerous [[Civil and political rights|civil rights]] groups{{which|date=September 2016}} have demanded an end to the profiling, the Israeli government maintains that it is both effective and unavoidable.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hasisi|first1=Badi|last2=Margalioth|first2=Yoram|last3=Orgad|first3=Liav|date=2012|title=Ethnic Profiling In Airport Screening: Lessons From Israel, 1968-2010|journal=American Law and Economics Review|volume=14|issue=2|pages=517–560|jstor=42705624|doi=10.1093/aler/ahs009}}</ref> According to [[Ariel Merari]], an Israeli terrorism expert,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/health-11770842|title=New study delves inside a suicide bomber's mind|last=Lee|first=Dave|date=2010-11-17|work=BBC News|access-date=2016-09-16|language=en-GB}}</ref> "it would be foolish not to use profiling when everyone knows that most terrorists come from certain ethnic groups. They are likely to be [[Muslims|Muslim]] and young, and the potential threat justifies inconveniencing a certain [[Ethnicity|ethnic group]]."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna23714853|title=Rights group challenges Israel's airport security|date=March 19, 2008|newspaper=Associated Press|access-date=October 26, 2011}}</ref>