TSA half arse supplemental screening is done at all US airports on occasion, and isn't the same thing (just a total waste of tax dollars in the name of "security theater"). TLV flights are on another level. Flying UA through EWR a while back I saw a EWR-TLV flight and they had erected walls around the gate and everyone had to go through mags and behavioral screening before being admitted to the gate area.

I've seen similar (maybe not quite as intrusive) in MAD and LHR to name a few. Many other airports "randomly" select peeps for secondary (CDG, many Central American airports (incl CUN)). It seems as if it's been relaxed a bit across most of Europe for TATL flights the last few years.