After reading many comments about TLV security I was pleasantly surprised by my experience this morning. I departed Jerusalem Central bus terminal at 6:05 a.m., arrived at Terminal 3 at 7:10 a.m. And was through security and immigration and sitting in the Dan lounge at 7:30 a.m. The trick I suppose is to have online check in boarding pass and non checked luggage. There were three extremely long lines in the check in area for passengers with checked luggage but I was directed to go directly to a security check towards the gate to get a stamp on my passport with no wait. From there I went directly through the screening area that took about 10 minutes. There was no wait at immigration. BTW, Dan lounge was better than expected. Only alcohol, however, was beer. Maybe wine comes out at lunch time. Although EWR flight isn't until 11:30 a.m. I decided to spend time in the airport lounge rather than a hotel room. So, maybe my good fortune is merely in timing.