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.
Passengers complained that they were targeted after staff noticed the Israeli flag on their luggage and were 'shunted' into a separate room. Read More Heathrow staff 'wearing pro-Palestine badges' 'harassed' Israeli passengers But a spokesperson from UK Lawyers for Israel told the newspaper that passengers would assume staff were Palestine supporters amid the conflict in Gaza.
The Home Office is investigating the complaints. Staff wearing political badges is in contravention of both the airport's uniform policy and the Equality Act. Pictured is Heathrow
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