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The racial profiling Trump so admires doesn't even work in Israel

State-sanctioned racial profiling in Israel means that Arab citizens are subject to detention, body and property searches at any time, despite research showing such methods cause more harm than good.
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Leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was right when he said a week after the massacre in Orlando that Israel profiles Muslims as a counterterrorism tool.

I recently had the opportunity to personally experience the selection process between Jewish and Arab citizens. On my way back late at night from a Ramadan visit to Ramallah, my taxi was stopped for a routine inspection at an Israeli checkpoint. I had often passed through the checkpoint in my own car, was greeted by the guard and waved on. This time, a quick glance at the driver’s face and a peek at his identity card were enough to send us to the lane reserved for special inspections. The ID card was blue, just like mine: Israeli-issued.

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