Me and mum found it very entertaining watching dad’s demeanor become more and more nervous and tense once we entered ‘Israel security’ world at the El Al check-in counter at Hong Kong airport. It is pretty shocking at first to see fully armed guards with big machine guns controlling the Israeli airline counters. And if I recall correctly…it only get’s more ‘confronting’ from here. The ‘interview’ prior to actual check-in is pretty full on. They want quite a detailed explanation of why you are visiting Israel (we said holiday/family), the names of your family there, where they live etc etc etc. They are also very careful about whether your suitcases have been around you the entire time post-packing. i.e. because the bellboy at the hotel took the bags down for us, they needed to put an extra tag on the bags because they had been ‘out of our sight’. It is comforting that the security is so careful, but it seems to have confirmed Dad’s fear that there might be reason to be nervous. Mum and me feel so safe in Israel having been there before and are looking forward to seeing whether the boys follow suit…
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