I'm sure it is, but I seriously doubt that anyone there voices concern about whether some of the airport's security measures are putting a damper on the sales volume at the duty-free shops.
As for the woman I mentioned in my subsequent post, who just couldn't bring herself to give up her tube of lipstick in her favorite shade, despite the super-high security threat which required it, I can't quite picture a gate agent at any Israeli airport allowing him/herself to be drawn in to the poor woman's plight and finally agreeing to go to the trouble of personally mailing it to her, in order to get her to shut up and board the plane.
The average American urgently needs to learn some things that the average Israeli already knows.
The average American security apparatus needs to learn some things the average Israeli security apparatus already know.
PROFILE!!!!!!!
If you're going to fly often, you have a profile and a security card that is EXTREMELY hard to duplicate that gives your vitals, your picture, your fingerprints, etc.
Until we realize that some people travel and are NOT a threat we will continue to treat everyone as if they are a terrorist, including your average 87 year old nun.