or was he just "obeying his orders"?

WILL THE GENEROUS EL AL COMPANY OFFER HIM A FREE NUTS SUPPLEMENT FOR LIFE, ON BOARD? AT HIS AGE , IT WON'T COST THEM A LOT. A PLAQUE , AFETR 42 YEARS , FOR SUCH A HERO !! EL AL WILL ALWAYS BE EL AL...

airports as "discrimibnatory for arabs"

A big hug and lots of health!!

To stand up to all that pressure. Few people like that around, then and today.

Kavod!

If all security was handled as you did your job and stood your ground, the World Trade Center Twins would still be standing in New York. Only one agent in Miami was like you and denied entry to the last terrorist. You set an example that is still to be proud of. Thank you.

Many security people never receive thanks for the countless events they prevented. Of course how could we know? This is a fine story that reflects the type of unsung heroic deeds done everyday by those who work on the behalf of all of us. My sincere regards to this fine man.

You mean that it took El Al ONLY 42 years to thank Mr. Lavi? not bad for El Al, I am still waiting for an apology for letting me down in Frankfort, eight years ago!

should have been awarded free flights by El Al. I think it is a bit late in the day to acknowledge this man.

are good went "missing" from a bag.. during a stop over in Rome. They have not contacted me since April 18th... At least they finally contacted Mr Levi, even if it was after 42 yrs..

Surely the security clearance must have passed many moons ago. Yoel Lavi increased his merit points by a long way that day in 1970. I just remembered something that is related to this story and is relevant to the State of Israel, the Middle East and World right now... When I was in Singapore with my girlfriend Jackui in 1998 I picked up a little book about Yunqi Zhuhong (1535-1615). He was a Ming Dynasty Buddhist monk who attempted to integrate the most important non-controversial aspects of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism in the ‘Three Teachings in One’. As a student of comparative religion the little book interested me. Another addition to my library. He developed a system of measuring an individual’s merit and demerit points. Good deeds inspired by loyalty, altruism and compassion scored plus points. Bad deeds of disloyalty, selfishness, not showing compassion etc. scored minus points. e.g. For each domestic animal saved, that has no power to return human kindness, count ten merits. To cause one person’s death by spells, prayers, and curses counts as one hundred demerits. It is a powerful concept. I would be extremely happy for every person alive today to have all their merit and demerit points revealed on the divine spreadsheet revealed for all to see.

When my husband saved the life of a person on El Al, he received a tie for saving one life. At the time, i thought it was a cheap gift until now.

the above Hebrew saying - "the pay for a good deed is a good deed" - means that your husband's Samaritan's bonus is not the El Al tie, but in merit points. Some think that such points have more value than cash prize...