I'm confused. Are you saying you don't want to visit Israel because it doesn't preserve civil liberties, but you'd be happy to visit Amman or Cairo? I don't expect that sort of double standard out of you.

I'm sure the security inspection you would get, as an American, would likely be less comprehensive (or competent) at Amman or Cairo, but if you met one of the profiling categories which did concern them, your back room treatment would not be anywhere near as respectful or polite as that of the OP. And, you'd stand a greater chance of not emerging from the back room for many months.