Hi,

I guess we all agree tht the best for you is the staralliance. They fly many destinations to and from Israel:
*LH to FRA (2 daily flights with new business class) and to MUC (4 weekly flights with new business class, starts 26 April)
*LX (swiss) to ZRH (2 daily flights with a330 and a340 with average business class)
*OS (austrian) to VIE (2 daily flights, most with a321 with eco. seats at business class but in the Summer some with b763 with new business)
*LOT to Warsaw (daily at peak, 4 weekly at non-peak) and Karkow (once weekly) both with aircrafts with eco. seats for business class.
*Turkish to Istanbul (3-4 daily flights, some with new and some with eco. seats at business).
*BD to London Heathrow (2 daily flights, starting from May operated with new 80" bed business class).
*AC to Toronto (3-7 weekly flights with 763 with new business [one of the best business all over the world]).
*EgyptAir to Cairo (operated by Air Sinai because of security reasons).

and future:
*US to PHL (daily flight operated by a332 - starts July). PHL is only two hours from NY so until CO joins star alliance that would be a good alternative.
*CO to EWR (2 daily operated with b772 - they are joining star alliance later this year)
*SN to Brussles (daily flight - they are joining star alliance later this year)

So as you may see the *A have lots of destinations out of Israel. This list excludes seasonal service and codeshare (that's because that if you fly with LX for example under TLV-GVA segment operated by LY you will NOT be unable to gain miles unless under Miles and More, because codeshare means partnership only with one airline and not with the whole alliance).

I also forgot about one the best frequent flyer program in Israel: Air Canada.

They will give you great connections to SFO and New york.
*In order to gain silver (Prestige) status you need 25000 poins (like 1 business flights to US and 1 economy class to EU) within a calender year.
*In order to gain gold (Elite) status you need 35000 poins (like 1 business flights to US and 1 business class to EU) within a calender year.
*In order to gain platinum (Super Elite) status you need 10000 poins (like 5-7 business flights to US and 0-2 business class to EU) within a calender year.

You will get some special benefits with a status, as said in http://www.aeroplan.com/your_aeropla...s_2009/home.do under Privilegs section. You will be able to chhose some benefits out of the list, as said in the Select Privilegs section.

All info can be seen under Download 2008/9 Program Info (located in the lower part of the page).