Waleed Aly has opened up about his "horrific" experience being searched and detained while leaving Israel.
Aly, who rarely speaks about his personal life, recalled the unsettling experience after The Project aired a segment on the number of strip-searches performed by NSW police, which more than doubled in the years 2016-2017.
The trend has sparked an inquiry from the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission, with claims children as young as 11 have been strip-searched.
After interviewing activist Rachel Evans about her traumatic time being strip-searched, Aly said he too could relate to the experience.
"I've only experienced it once, and it wasn't here it was overseas," he said. "I was trying to leave Israel and as I was I leaving they just picked me out and just took me aside and it just went for hours basically."
