From time to time, the Palestine Center distributes articles it believes will enhance understanding of the Palestinian political reality. The following article by Kristian Davis Bailey was published by Color Lines on February 25, 2016.
“Traveling While Black: I Was Racially Profiled and Locked Up in Israel”
For two months I have been silent about an unexpected and traumatic experience: my racial profiling, arrest and incarceration by the state of Israel in mid-December.
The Israel Airports Authority officer in charge alleged that my clearly-labeled bottle of ibuprofen from CVS was actually Captagon, an illegal amphetamine that Western news media has recently labeled the drug of choice for Syrian and ISIS fighters.
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