LH691 thanks for the info. I have been reading numerous reports that asking Israeli immigration to not stamp your passport is unpredictable. they sometime listen and sometime ignore, which absolutely baffles me.
I wish Israel would do something along the lines of South Africa. During the apartheid days, Indians were not allowed to go there, however SA would issue visas on a separate piece of paper that was to be carried along with the passport. when entering SA they would stamp that paper. this would help so many potential tourists from india and other countries that require a visa before flying to israel. many indians work in the middle east and cannot afford to have a stamp in their passport. now the only way to do that is to go through some special and expensive program in jordan.