The three women were told by security personnel to undress and take off their bras for x-ray in two separate incidents at the Jerusalem offices of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this week.

All three complied with the request, while their personal effects were also emptied out in public view.

The Foreign Press Association (FPA) denounced the incident as “unnecessary, humiliating and counter-productive.”

“The Foreign Press Association strongly condemns the continued harassment of journalists attending media events at the prime minister’s office,” a statement from the Tel-Aviv based group said. “This type of treatment is unnecessary, humiliating and counter-productive.”

Sara Hussein, who works for AFP, described the incident as utterly humiliating.

“I can only describe the experience as among the most humiliating in my life,” she wrote in a complaint to the FPA. “I have covered meetings of presidents at the White House and not been subjected to anything similar.”

The other two women wished to be unidentified but all three of them have filed detailed complaints with the FPA.