That's what I have been advocating for a long time. I've been saying that TLV should be turned into a connection hub of sorts between East/West and we had a lively debate on that subject on a thread which included a discussion about security and how it would mesh with this sort of traffic.

Though the sector times may be longer connecting Europe to the Far East/Africa/Australia through TLV b/c Israeli airline companies cannot overfly Saudi Arabia, if you get the right economics internally plus offer pax a very good deal a market like this can develop and grow over time.