Let's take this to a proper level. If a jewish person is stop for any reason for being jewish, they (the jews of the world) would call that person an anti-semite....(ie racist)!! The jews in Israel hate christians...they hate muslims. Both of which live pretty peacefully in Israel. Now they both may be Arab as a race, so what you all are saying is ALL ARABS ARE TERRORIST!!??? What you all need to do is pull your head out of that dark stinky place and open your blind eyes. #27 could almost see the truth..."According to my knowledge most suicide bombers are muslims - per Eliezer". I am a white American with a very hebrew name....an I get the same treatment. It not that they are trying to show equality between races...it's because when I travel to Israel, I stay in the north with a CHRISTIAN family I know there. For those who are not aware (most of the readers here) the north is predominantly Arab. Once they find out that that is where I had stayed...well let's say...it almost cavity search time. So I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THIS RACISM. If a jewish Israeli had to endure what I have been through every time I've been to Israel....well let's say the rules of engagement would change. As an American who loves Israel, NOT BECAUSE IT'S JEWISH (by any definition), but because of the people I know there and the deep meaning it has to MANY RELIGIONS. What if it was a Buddhist temple on top of the wall...would to think they are terrorist? :D For Gods sake...the BaHai temple in Haifa doesn't cause any stir with the jews....hmmmmm. Of course you all are going to say the BaHai's are not terrorist...but so are the Arab....not ALL ARABS ARE TERRORIST!!!!

Last time we recently went to Israel, we have relatives there, the profiling in Munich was excellent and accompanied by respect. The young, arrogant, offending, rude and unfriendly lady at Ben Gurion absolutely supplied the opposite, Why? It is like you will be thrown out a country. Travelling a lot in Europe, to the US and Asia I have never encountered such annoying, almost hateful toughness. Am I a criminal in her eyes? What's the good of that? Fortunately, the guys who checked the package were friendly and professional in their work. The airline as such is OK according to my experience.

I am American born Lebanese. I was checked, re-checked, questioned for hours. Meanwhile, my name is Western, I am Christian, I am pro peace and it is obvious that I am a tourist. After many hours of questioning and almost missing a flight-- I was allowed to board my flight--with every piece of my carry on stowed away. Even my mobile - everything had to be placed in my suitcase. It was a humiliating experience tobe escorted to the terminal as if I was being deported from a country. All of this was for nothing, not only am I a liberal, progressive person, I was visiting my Jewish friends in Israel. Questions are 100% ok with me, searching my luggage is 100% ok, an extra eye is also 100% ok with me, but why not treat people with dignity? I never received that treatment in such a rude manner as I have at ben Gurion airport. The Israelis need a lesson in manners.

Before Israel ever annouynced its independence, on the date that the UN partition plan was announced -- November 29, 1947 -- Arabs began attacking Jews, beginning with the "Palestinian" Arabs. From November 30, 1947 until February 1, 1948, 427 Arabs, 381 Jews and 46 British were killed and 1,035 Arabs, 725 Jews and 135 British were wounded. In March 1948 alone, 271 Jews and 257 Arabs died in Arab attacks and Jewish counter­attacks. The UN blamed the Arabs for the violence. The UN Palestine Commission was never permitted by the Arabs or British to go to Palestine to implement the resolution -- which was never suspended or rescinded. On May 15, 1948, the day the British Mandate over Palestine ended, the armies of five neighboring Arab states invaded the new State of Israel. Five Arab armies (Egypt, Syria, Transjordan, Lebanon and Iraq) immediately invaded Israel. Their intentions were declared by Azzam Pasha, Secretary-General of the Arab League: "This will be a war of extermination and a momentous massacre which will be spoken of like the Mongolian massacres and the Crusades." Although ceasefire agreements were reached with four of the five Arab states, only two -- Egypt and Jordan -- have ever signed peace treaties. That means, since 1948, Israel has been in a continual state of war with the rest of the Arab states that either were part of the invasion, or that supported the war. Now, instead of recognized Arab states, there are Arab NGO's whose goal is to complete the wart of extermination by ridding the Middle East of all Jews What other country in the world has faced such an existential threat continuously for the past 60 years? The answer is ZERO! Israel has had no choice but to adopt measures to stop terrorists from hijkacking and/or blowing up El Al airliners. Ask yourself, "When was the last time that has ever happened?" If you said sometime in the 1970's, you'd be right, and the reason why has absolutely NOTHING to do with any change ofr heart on the part of Arabs and Muslims, and EVERYTHING to do with Israel's successful security system. And, every one of you who complained do not give a rat's posterior about Israel's survival. BECAUSE, if you did, then you'd understand. I am an American Jew. I don't look Jewish. I don't have a Jewish name. Yet, I spent two hours at the El Al terminal, too, being interrogated and I did not mind it one bit. El Al is the safest airline in the world, and no other country -- certainly not America -- can make that claim. So, get a grip!