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Re:Israel airport security stole my laptop by notyourday on Monday January 28, 2019 @11:32AM (#19018772)
Israel does profile based on the airline. It is a reasonably ( i would actually say very well ) known fact.
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Re:Israel airport security stole my laptop by projectramo on Monday January 28, 2019 @11:41AM (#19018843)
The #1 destination for passengers from Ben Gurion is Istanbul flown mostly by Turkish Airlines.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Gurion_Airport#Top_destina...

I assume they're very comfortable with Turkish Airlines at this point.

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Re:Israel airport security stole my laptop by notyourday on Monday January 28, 2019 @11:58AM (#19019008)
> I assume they're very comfortable with Turkish Airlines at this point.

Oh absolutely. That also means they are very good at identifying who does and who does not "fit" the standard profile of a regular flyer for that specific flight. OP tripped something.

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