stimpy says
Also, as most of us know, don't get your passport stamped in Israel. Most Israeli customs officers don't even stamp your passport these days unless you ask them to.
That is the point:
most immigration officers (I've had many a customs officer finger through my passport, but none have never made a mark in it in any country) in Israel won't stamp your passport, but some will, even if requested not to. Of all the times I've traveled to Israel, I have only one stamp to show for it, placed by a rather arrogant fellow. When I was leaving the country that time, I made a comment to the immigration officer about my entrance stamp and I remember what he said, since it was a takeoff on the well known aviation saying:
there are only two kinds of frequent visitors to Israel: those who have one of our stamps, and those who are going to get one.
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[This message has been edited by UAL Traveler (edited 03-27-2001).]