JERUSALEM – An Arab Israeli diplomat once deployed abroad to push back against Israel's critics says he was beaten by security guards at Jerusalem’s central bus station last week in what he believes was a case of ethnic profiling.Ishmael Khaldi, 49, said he has filed a police complaint and is going public with his experience to bring attention to what he described as racist behavior in parts of Israeli society."This is wrong.
This has to stop. This is nothing Israeli,” he said, adding that he remains patriotic and proudly serves his country.The incident trained a spotlight on the ongoing struggles of Israel's Arab citizens, a large minority that makes up about 20% of the population.