The exhaustive security procedure departing passengers undergo at Israel’s Ben- Gurion Airport is unnecessary and anachronistic, Public Security Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami said. Speaking during a tour of the airport terminal Wednesday, Ben-Ami said measures to prevent explosives and weapons from being taken aboard planes should be based more on intelligence, not a lengthy questioning of passengers. Ben-Ami added that the current practice hurts Israel’s image and is unnecessary.
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