Israel has the best security in the world..you literally get inspected from top to bottom before your even allowed on the plane..and for the slightest second they find you suspicious, they take you to a room and interrogate you. That is why my family only trusts El Al, they don’t trust any other airline
My father, who is Puerto Rican with very Arab facial features (ancestors came from Southern Spain — the whole Moors vs. Christians thing) had a really hard time with El Al security when he was flying from JFK to Tel Aviv with his wife (my stepmom) to visit her son, who had married an Israeli woman in the mid-1990s and they moved to Tel Aviv to be closer to her family.
Dad was asked what he did for a living. He said “criminal attorney in San Juan”. El Al guy said: “That’s not true”. Dad showed him his business card and other lawyer-related ID. El Al guy said: “These are fake”. They asked him about a million questions, over & over, by himself and with my stepmom, and then they allowed him to board. Questioning lasted about 1 1/2 hours! My stepmom was not asked one single question — only my dad. It was unbelievable! And my Dad loved the experience because he felt safe on that plane ride to Israel.