Japanese Ambassador to Israel Hideo Sato has filed an official complaint in response to an incident that occurred on April 30, 2012 at the Defense Ministry on Tel Aviv’s Kaplan Street involving two Israeli Arab employees of the Japanese Embassy.
According to the Yediot Achronot report, the Israeli Arab embassy employees were instructed by Israeli security agents “to remain in the car” despite wishing to make a purchase from the nearby canteen. The ambassador explains in the complaint that the Jewish employees were permitted to leave their vehicle and buy items at the canteen and it was clear the two were singled out because they are Arabs, despite having Israeli citizenship and being embassy employees.
The entourage was escorting Japan’s defense minister who was attending a meeting with Defense Minister Ehud Barak in the latter’s office. The report adds that security agents kept a vigilant eye on the two during the entire visit, prohibiting them from exiting the vehicle. Ambassador Sato calls the event “regrettable”.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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sounds very strange this incident, considering the incident in the old city of Yerushalyim a few weeks ago when a frum girl was attacked by a arab and her father ended up getting arrested.