Current sectionIsrael NewsHolylandingsShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeThis week at Ben Gurion Airport: Druze cousins eager to contribute to Israeli society, build a future and see the world while staying true to their roots, and a widow and widower who found a once-in-a-lifetime paradise in each other's armsMae Palty07:08 AM • June 19 2026 IDTLoading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Ben-Gurion AirportDruzeCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesU.S.-Iran DealIsrael ElectionsGaza Cease-fireJD VancePayoneerHaQuizHaaretz Podcast'We Want to See How People Live Outside Our Druze Community – and Then Return'Netanyahu Hoped His Trump Card Would Win the Election, but He's HumiliatedTrump's Treaty of Versailles Crowns Israel's October 7 War as a Strategic Defeat'Nobody's Born a Soldier': The Israeli Teens Who Say the Draft Is a ChoicePalestinian Head of Wisconsin's Largest Mosque Released From ICE DetentionRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHumiliated by Trump on the Iran Front, Netanyahu May Set the Middle East Ablaze'Once-in-a-lifetime Discovery': 1,700-year-old Roman Busts Found in IsraelTrump and Netanyahu Hurtling Toward a Rupture That Could Shock U.S.-Israel TiesNetanyahu's Mouthpieces Turn on Trump, Revealing a Deeper Israeli IngratitudeFork Found in Kitchen: Israelis Have Discovered the OccupationIran Reportedly Calls Off Missile Strikes on Israel After Trump Intervenes