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Grasping for a model of how to better protect against terrorist hijackings, some commentators are suggesting that the U.S. adopt Israel's practices. That system has worked pretty well, especially given what an attractive target Israel's airports and airline are to terrorists. Ben Gurion Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel's only international airport, has an enviable record. No flight out of there has ever been commandeered. A 1974 TWA flight originating in Tel Aviv was blown up, but only after taking on passengers in Athens. Only once, in 1968, was the national carrier, El Al, successfully hijacked...
...ground, the Israelis not only use the standard metal detectors and X-ray machines but also lean on teams of young agents, dressed in blue slacks and white shirts, who interrogate, to varying degrees, every passenger departing Ben Gurion and, in airports abroad, anyone flying El Al. The questions can include: "When did you book this flight?" "Who paid for the ticket?" "Why are you traveling?" "Whom did you meet while in Israel?" Business travelers are asked for documents proving they actually are pursuing a particular deal. Journalists are asked to reveal the stories they are going to cover...
...Sharon imagines a muscular sort of peace, Peres, despite all the setbacks, still dreams of something softer. Peres and Sharon go back more than a half-century; as a defense ministry official, Peres introduced the firebrand young officer to Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, in 1948. Now--sometimes comrades, sometimes rivals--the two are vying to see whose vision for peace will triumph. In his Tel Aviv office Friday morning, the 78-year-old Foreign Minister rubbed his lined face tiredly and hunched over a cup of strong, bitter black coffee that Israelis call botz...
...hours, I felt very bad and very tired. But I overcame it. The result was that when we flew back in the afternoon, I don't remember even the takeoff. I fell asleep immediately on the plane, and they could barely wake me up when we landed at Ben Gurion [airport near Tel Aviv]. But it was only one hour...
...hours, I felt very bad and very tired. But I overcame it. The result was that when we flew back in the afternoon, I don't remember even the takeoff. I fell asleep immediately on the plane, and they could barely wake me up when we landed at Ben Gurion [airport, near Tel Aviv]. But it was only one hour...