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The Arabic-speaking staff at Heathrow has for months been wearing a new badge. Instead of simply stating that they are speakers of Arabic (and can thus help passengers who need interpreting services), that badge shows the flag of “Palestine.” This has caused quite a furor, about which you can find more here: “Heathrow staff are allowed to wear Palestine flag badges because it tells travellers they can speak Arabic, airport bosses tell angry Jewish passenger,” by Emily Jane Davies, Daily Mail, June 30, 2024:
Heathrow staff are allowed to wear Palestine flag badges because it illustrates that they can speak Arabic, the airport bosses have told an angry Jewish passenger.
On May 26, a Jewish passenger had his bag pulled for an extra security check by a female worker wearing one of the badges.
Isn’t it obvious that this extra security check of a Jewish passenger was prompted by animus, felt by a supporter of Palestine — wearing her Palestine flag badge makes that clear — who wished to make difficulties for that passenger, at the very least by causing unnecessary delays in his travels?
And while staff at the airport aren’t allowed to wear political or religious items, the passenger was told the badge was an exception to this rule.
The Palestine flag is clearly a political item; wearing it violates the rules prohibiting public employees in the UK from wearing such items.
This is because it was used to ‘indicate an employee speaks a particular language or dialect from a certain region’, according to The Telegraph.
So the best way for an employee to semaphore to travelers his ability to speak Arabic is by wearing a badge displaying the flag of Palestine? If so, why not require speakers of other languages on the Heathrow staff to wear the flags of their respective countries, as being “easier to see” than a statement that “I speak language X”? But none of them do. Surely the best, simplest, apolitical way to signal that “I speak Arabic” would for the Arabic-language speakers on staff to go back to wearing a sign saying exactly that, in bold white letters on a green (the color of Islam) background? That makes a linguistic statement, not a controversial political one.
This [complaint from a Jewish passenger about being subject to a deliberately lengthy examination of his luggage by a supporter of Palestine] comes after the Home Office professional standards unit began an investigation into a complaint that Heathrow Border Force staff ‘harassed’ Israeli passengers arriving in the UK.
Passengers complained that they were targeted after staff noticed the Israeli flag on their luggage and were ‘shunted’ into a separate room.
When passengers asked why they were being treated differently, staff reportedly told them that as customs officials they could do whatever they wanted.
No, these customs officials are not allowed to treat different nationalities and ethnicities differently. This violates British law. And tests can be conducted, where British investigators feign entry into the country — from Israel or elsewhere — carrying suitcases marked with Israeli insignia, to record how they are treated by customs officials. It will soon become clear if those who appear to be Israelis receive unusual levels of discomfiting scrutiny.
After the passenger complained about the flag badge, Heathrow’s passenger customer support department replied: ‘If a person speaks a language or dialect from a certain region as a secondary/tertiary language, a flag representing the region or country would be present which is provided by Heathrow.’
But why is the “flag of Palestine” chosen as the badge to be worn by Arabic speakers from twenty-two different countries? Why should the flag of “Palestine” — which is still not a state recognized by the UK — be chosen to signal “I am a speaker of Arabic,” instead of, say, the flag of the most populous Arabic-speaking state, Egypt? Or why not do as all the other interpreters available to passengers at Heathrow do, and simply have a badge that says “I speak (your language here),” without any political statement?
The Telegraph reported the letter as saying: ‘The flag is used to be more easily identifiable from a distance.’
This is implausible as the reason for the Palestine flag badge. Visibility of the sign in the terminal depends on the size, colors, and contents of the sign. Not every Arabic speaking passenger will necessarily recognize the flag of Palestine, but all of them will recognize, on the badge these staff members should be wearing — and had been wearing for years — large Arabic letters spelling out “I speak Arabic.”
But a spokesperson from UK Lawyers for Israel told the newspaper that passengers would assume staff were Palestine supporters amid the conflict in Gaza.
It would be natural for Jewish passengers, and non-Jews who support Israel, to assume that someone wearing a Palestine flag supports the “cause of Palestine,” which in these fraught times means support for the terror group Hamas, now locked in a war with Israel in Gaza, and very likely support the Hamas goal of replacing Israel “from the river to the sea” with a 23rd Arab state.
They said it creates an ‘intimidating, hostile, and offensive environment for Jews and Israel supporters’….
This comes after two survivors of the October 7 attacks were dealt with aggressively by UK Border Force after they had travelled to the UK to raise awareness for a not-for-profit organisation they established to help survivors of the terror attacks….
Putting aside the singling out of Israeli passenger from all others, shunting them to a separate room, and aggressively questioning them about their purpose in entering to the UK, as well as subjecting their luggage to extra searches, let’s just stick to Heathrow’s allowing, in defiance of the law, Arabic-speakers on its staff to wear, as their badge identifying their linguistic role, the flag of Palestine. This violates British law; state employees are not permitted to display political affiliations. The supposed reason was because the flag badge was claimed to be more visible than badges simply stating in Arabic “I am an Arabic speaker.” But if that were so, why haven’t any of the speakers of numerous languages on the Heathrow staff chosen to wear the flags of their nations? You can imagine the mess: the Taiwanese interpreter wearing the Taiwanese flag, while the interpreter from mainland China would have the flag of Communist China as his badge. Or the various native speakers of English, instead of simply having a badge announcing “I speak English,” might have badges variously displaying the flags of the United States, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and so on. That way madness lies. The only rational approach is to have each interpreter identify the language he (or she) speaks, and not the country he (or she) comes from, identifies with, or wants you to support. No politics, please, and that means no “flag of Palestine.” Put those badges In the trash can – the trash can of history will be along any minute now — right here.
Mo de Profit says
It is a political statement that is telling Jews that the UK doesn’t welcome them. It’s deliberate it’s not an accident Adolf would be proud.
Allan Goldstein says
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Hannah Katz says
I am sure that Sir Kier and the Labour regime will straighten this out in short order. Or something…
Big Ben says
The U.K. is now officially an Islamic Kingdom (I. K.). They can practice their Sharia law even if it contradicts English law, and can get away with anything due to the fearful U.K. society who choose to kowtow to Iskamic terror, rather than fight it. From the leaders of the government and parliament, on down.
The Muslims have won. Say bye to the U.K.
Walter Sieruk says
About the “Palestine flag “ it’s a fake flag . The reason why this is so is because “Palestine” is a fabricated fiction and a Muslim fantasy. In contrast, Israel is an historic and Bible based reality, Psalm 135:4. The “Palestine’s” are Arabs. Likewise, the “Palestine flag” is a bogus flag.
As for getting the question posed in title of this article, which is “ How can the Heathrow Arab-language staff wear flags of Palestine while on duty ? “ In other words. “How come the Arab/Muslims at Heathrow airport be allowed to wear ‘Palestine “ pin flags while on duty ?”
The answer to that question is because that is permitted as the result of the creeping insidious Muslim movement in the United Kingdom which is known as the “Stealth jihad.” The technique is practiced by Muslims who are also stealth jihadists to infiltrate the UK as well as other Western countries using lies and deception, Taqiyya, for the advancement of Islam with its Sharia.
This Muslim scheme for achieving the goal of the Islamic agenda is as, many times, as subtly effective as it is demonically clever. Furthermore, this Islamic gradualism, in some ways, is very similar to the instruction printed in the book entitled THE ART OF WAR by Sun Tzu. Which reads, “At first, then, exhibit the coyness of a maiden, until the enemy gives you an opening; afterwards emulate the rapidity of a running hare, and it will be too late for the enemy to oppose you.”
Walter Sieruk says
The reason why the Muslims who work at Heathrow airport are allowed to wear their biased flag pins while on duty is because there are many Muslims in England who committed to and are actively engaging the Islamic goal of stealth jihad for the advancement of Islam with its Sharia in the United Kingdom as well as in other Western countries is the means that known and called the “Stealth jihad.”
By this technique the Muslims who are the stealth jihadists are able to infiltrate the different nations of the West and gradually “ ,inch by inch” and likewise “step by step.” Further, archive progression for their Islamic agenda for Western nations.
To this end the stealth jihadists will and do use the Islamic of Taqiyya, which the modus operandi of speaks and printing lies that are very deceptive.
As explained in a more detail by a former Muslim and Hezbollah member who now a Christian .In his book he reveals” Lying , treachery and deception became Islam’s key tactics in conquering others. Those tactics are gathered in a doctrinal statement called “Taqiyya” which is one of the most effective arms for the spread of Islam. It means “Holy Deception” which means the use of every lie you can in order to spread Islam or to win the war against the enemy.” [1]
]1] Islam and the Son of God by Daniel Shayesteh , page 41.
Alkflaeda says
I am currently doing a project on the meanings of forenames, and have been sifting through old parish records to find unusual names. On no less than four occasions in the past fortnight, I have found references in 17th and 18th century parish accounts to money given either for the release of Turkish slaves, or to people who have been through slavery at the hands of the Turks. If the official line is that Islam is peaceful, and jihadists are an aberration, then Turkey is a big place, even in terms of the population of a couple of hundred years ago, to write off as “unrepresentative”.
Steven Brizel says
American Airlines personnel have been seeing wear such insignia as well
AZCOWBOY says
Boycott Britain and especially London and Heathrow Airport.
I say this with a very heavy heart as London was, for many a year in my 71 year life, and over 5 decades my most favorite city in the world. But it has clearly gone to the cockroaches, and I am quite sure that the British folks I loved and places I enjoyed seeing are long gone, or just no longer worth the trouble of putting up with cockroaches who should have been long deported from British soil. Stermer will only acerbate the problem – as his party openly embraces them.
Alkflaeda says
As a UK citizen, I would say – don’t desert us, but do your research and look for areas where there is no mosque near at hand. By all means boycott Heathrow – but write and tell them why, then consider booking a flight to another airport.
TruthLaser says
Another problem is to find a place in the UK with enough freedom of speech to not be charged for speaking while traveling.
Old Fogey says
There is no place for Islam in the civilized world.
steven says
To paraphrase Winston Churchill,” the world needs Islam like a dog needs rabies.”
Alkflaeda says
It would be interesting to see what Heathrow’s response would be if Hebrew speaking staff started wearing the Magen David.
TruthLaser says
How about wearing a pendant representing the a-bomb?
Alkflaeda says
Which group of people did you think an a-bomb pendant would symbolise?
Stephen says
That cuts me out of Heathrow, what a load of pus, management should be told everytime people choose another airport.
What about huge luggage stickers saying “1250 people murdered by Palistine’s “