Dubai's Double Standard

From Yahoo News:
"Dubai to use profiling to detect Israeli arrivals"

If Dubai is going to use racial profiling to not allow Israeli citizens to enter their country then I don't see why the US and other countries can not/do not do the same with people from the Middle East/Muslim world. It seems there is a double standard here. Many Arab and Muslim countries do not allow passports that have an Israeli immigration stamp in it since these countries do not recognize Israel. That is one thing - especially since most countries allow it's citizens to hold a second passport and avoid this problem.

I have a big issue with these countries (like the United Arab Emirates) who do not allow people in that they suspect are Israelis even if they enter the country with another passport. As long as the passport is valid and legal I don't seen any problems. That means that a person with a Jewish-sounding last name entering the U.A.E under a valid American Passport could be deported with no recourse - regardless if the person is Israeli or not since the immigration officer only has to suspect the person is from Israel.

Dubai is just continuing to discriminate against not only Israel but also Jews in general. I know if the US or any other major Western country did the same to Muslims or Arabs than we would be called racist, but it is supposed to be ok for them to do it themselves. We get a bunch of flak for requiring people from certain countries to under-go secondary screening before boarding a plane headed to the US, but no one seems to care that the U.A.E discriminates against Jews.

I have been to Dubai and didn't really care for it. I have also been to other Arab countries and feel the majority of them are too repressive (to both women and non-Muslims) and the only country in the Middle East that I would like to go to is Israel.

The world should not stand-by and allow double standards to take place.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100301/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_dubai_hamas_slaying