Originally Posted by craz

Although there are benches as well in baggage claim, I dont think customs+ will see it as normal for a person to have their bags on a cart and then simply take a seat, which may result in wasting ones time when you do try and exit as they may want to do a long check of your bags. and it has nothing to do with Israel, I did the same here in the US and as I waited fora friends flight and CBP didnt like it, when I handed over my customs form I was escorted for a complete search, got lucky when the other agent asked why was I there and said they didnt like that I waited for my friends flight to arrive before leaving and yes he too was sent with me. They dont like it when a person does something that they see as not being normal, no matter where you are and thusly assume you are up to something