AAJFK:

You can fly AA / BA to TLV with no problem. I loved it when TLV was considered to be in EUROPE; LOL. You could fly to TLV from the USA for only 40,000 miles between Oct 15 and May 15. That was the biggest bargain in the sky.

Then when EL AL hooked up they spoilt it by reminding AA that Israel was in the Middle East.