Why does Israel question passengers who are departing the country?
Every time I fly out of Israel I am annoyed by the security people asking all kinds of intrusive questions about my trip and where I've been. Every other airport in the world solves the problem by simply checking luggage carefully and maybe asking if "you've packed everything in your bag", which eventually works just as effective;
So what's the point of questioning people who are exiting the country?
Best Answer
An attacker could bring down a plane heading both inbound and outbound. While inbound flights are a greater risk as Israel has no control over originating airports, there is no zero-risk of an attack originating from an Israeli airport either.
Checking luggage is insufficient - a plane can be brought down or hijacked with entirely innocuous and permitted luggage (e.g. fake suicide bomb made from duct tape and hot-dogs), to something more elaborate involving corrupt airport staff who could stowaway weapons as they load ordinary cargo.
The intense questioning is part of their evidence-based psychological screening system which I understand is very effective.
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