Originally Posted by
garykung
There are several issues with how you put it.
1. AFAIK (because I have never been there), TLV is the airport with the toughest security in the world. If TLV, based on a quick internet search, does not offer expedited security to the Israeli. Why on earth having GE will give you carte blanche?
To the extent that PreCheck offers expedited security, so does TLV. Other than removing laptops, the magnetometer and xray experience in Israel is basically like pre 9/11 security in the US - no removal of shoes, liquids, and no body scanners. The additional security is all pre check-in, which is something that isn't even conceptualized in the US.
2. Not too much politics - if the U.S. and Israel are really that closed, TLV should have been a U.S. preclearance POE.
Regardless of how eligible Israel is for preclearance, it would never happen. There's not enough volume. It's not worth opening a US CBP facility for the 10.5 flights per day (off the top of my head) that go to the US, especially since I think 7 of them leave within a 2 hour window, so you would need to have ridiculous staffing volumes and secluded gate areas for 7 flights at a time that would hardly get used the rest of the day.