Two chief differences between TSA and Isaeli airport security.
First and most important, they use Professional security/military people in their screening area vs TSA (HS dropout or unemployable moron)
The second is they are trained to look for deception.
The fastest way out of Israel is to try and outwit a security officer. Your visa will be revoked and you will be immediately deported.
Another thing we do wrong is we don’t secure our airports farther out. Any terrorist could do major damage just walking in the doors. A bunch at a time and we would have hundreds of deaths or injuries.
We don’t want to expend the time and effort needed to do security. The argument is that Israel is so small so it’s easier for them.
Instead we use such stupid methods and it’s getting worse.
My wife and I returned from a Holy Land tour last June. We had to pass through something like 12 or 13 possible screening points. The very first was being stopped on the airport roadway at a toll booth-like checkpoint. Our bus was sent to the side of the road where an IDF soldier with AK47 entered the bus, spoke to the driver and tour guide, then walked down the aisle looking at every single face.
Next we entered the airport. There are plain clothes security at the entrances watching everyone entering. You can only begin the check-in procedure 2 hours before your flight. You proceed to an area where your checked bags will be run through the X-ray machine while you stand by. While waiting you are interviewed by an IDF person, your passport is reviewed, and its photo is held up next to your face. Lots of questions, and everyone is questioned here. If answers not right, you are pulled out of the line. Then your bags go through the X-ray machine. If the inspector is not comfortable you and your bags are taken aside and you have to open your bags for inspection.
After that, you get to walk over to the airline counter and check your bags in and turn in your ticket. You are not done yet. You have to pass through metal detectors and have your carry-on bags checked out. Then there is immigration to review your passport and stamp it with an exit visa. It just keeps going on and on. Even at the gate, you are questioned and may again have your carry-on bags searched. I have missed some of the other checkpoints. As I recall, I counted a total of 12 or 13 possible points at which a passenger could be screened but may not have be selected to be screened. Believe me, they profile to the hilt. They know what to ask and how to put you on the spot.
“TSA (HS dropout or unemployable moron)”
I think “human resources” doctrine is partly to blame for that. Low wages, of course, are the primary cause, but if someone with impressive credentials applies, he is rejected for being “overqualified.” So, they end up giving the job to someone for whom that low wage is appropriate: as you said, a dropout or a moron.