re: #209 lawhawk
They were ultimately allowed to board flight to go home… I agree that they should have been given a slow boat back to the States. Or one-way ticket, never to fly again as being put on a no-fly list.
The Israeli authorities were certainly a lot nicer to them than I would’ve been. And like you suggested, perhaps they wandered into an off-limits area and discovered it, then said to themselves, “Hey, what a unique souvenir this would make!!”