Arkia stops flights to Stockholm

Israeli airline Arkia has halted flights to Stockholm because the international airport has refused to allow Israeli methods of security inspections dictated by the Shin Bet security service. The methods, which include ethnic and personal profiling, extensive questioning and selective inspections based on the perceived degree of risk to security, have also been refused by airports in Malmo, Sweden and Copenhagen. The foreign and transport ministries are working with the Shin Bet to resolve the dispute. “It seems from the international media that additional European countries waving the flag of civil rights and equality will refuse the Israeli security demands,