[NYC GOP Chick]

You'd be surprised at how many Arabs fly in and out of Israel. It's pretty much the only functioning airport in the area that offers more than a few flights in and out of the neighborhood. Lots of people fly in there and then get cab or car rides to surrounding countries.

[livius]

Probably because, all religious issues aside, Israel is the only functional modern country in the entire region. My son spent some time in the military there a few years ago, and he said that the only people he could understand in any way, as an American, were the Israelies. Outside of Israel, the entire region regressed about 1500 years.