Want to really secure our airports? Why not try the Israeli way:
“We have a saying in Hebrew that it’s much easier to look for a lost key under the light, than to look for the key where you actually lost it, because it’s dark over there. That’s exactly how (North American airport security officials) act,” [global transportation security consultant] Sela said. “You can easily do what we do. You don’t have to replace anything. You have to add just a little bit — technology, training. But you have to completely change the way you go about doing airport security. And that is something that the bureaucrats have a problem with. They are very well enclosed in their own concept.”
Michael Totten in the New York Post reinforces this view:
Security officials should pay less attention to objects, and more attention to people. The Israelis do. They are, out of dreadful necessity, the world’s foremost experts in counterterrorism. And they couldn’t care less about what your grandmother brings on a plane. Instead, officials at Ben Gurion International Airport interview everyone in line before they’re even allowed to check in.
As security checkpoint lines at our airports become longer, and methods become more intrusive, maybe U.S. security officials should try learning a lesson from Israel.
What do you think?
8:32 pm
pray for the leaders of the usa,i am begining to see anti-isreal tactics from our president,he will answer for it also,you don’t treat GODS chosen like dirt and get by with it. isreal is doing all it can to protect it’s people,GOD bless them.
12:36 am
Hey guys me frm India and i am really impressed wid u and
i also stand for Israel for there cause and we are also in the shadow of terrorism so u also
god bless uuuu
i love u
10:09 am
The world could learn a lot from Israel if they were’nt so anti-Israel.
10:01 am
Israel has the best airport security in the world and all countries should be trained by them…especially the USA/Great Britain and France….it is always better to be safe than sorry and talking to people reveals alot.
8:32 am
I just related the other day to a friend about what Israel has probably had to do in their airports. It’s much better to be safe than sorry!
8:14 am
i agree with this so much, you can tell about a person by talking to them. look them in the eye.