Israeli PM's guards tell journalists to strip

[cory777]

Source: AFP

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's guards ordered a pregnant Arab newswoman to remove her bra and told other reporters to strip to their underwear, journalists said on Wednesday.

The demands were made on Tuesday as journalists tried to enter a five-star hotel in Jerusalem for the premier's annual reception for the foreign press, prompting some to walk out rather than face humiliating and invasive searches.

The incident drew cries of outrage from the Tel Aviv-based Foreign Press Association (FPA).

"While we appreciate the need for security, it is not remotely acceptable to invite people for cocktails at a five-star hotel and then make them undress at the door," it said.

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[aquart]

1. Is this a rather peculiar routine, or someone's new bright idea?

[Downwinder]

2. I guess we will all have to become naturalists. But, there are laws

against that.

[Poll_Blind]

3. Including the Wall Street Journal's Jerusalem bureau chief- wonder why so "thorough"?

PB

[Arctic Dave]

4. Is Nuttyyahoo out of his meds?

[madrchsod]

5. benny is a tad bit paranoid....

i guess he has a good reason to be.....

[Prometheus Bound]

6. Wonder what he makes his guards do.