The alleged discrimination took place as Shimon Peres arrived at the station…on March 8, to discuss the Middle East peace process. It is now the subject of an official complaint by the SUD-Rail transport union which says everything was done to ensure there were "no Muslim employees to welcome the Head of the State of Israel"…The previous day…a site manager told all workers at the station about the ban on black staff, and those of North African descent, because they might be Muslim…SNCF initially blamed the discrimination on "security protocol" advised by the French Interior Ministry and the Israeli Embassy in Paris, but this has been emphatically denied by both. Instead, the order came from SNCF management, with a spokesman for the state-run company pledging "a full investigation"…[Also refers to Itiremia]