Sounds as if Jon Donnison is practicing his writing skills for the next fictional TV drama production. Do they still have "Play of the Week" on British Television?At the Gaza City port, dotted with small fishing boats, a young Hamas policeman dressed in black and with a Kalashnikov tucked under his arm, lent over and smiled."Are the Israelis going to let the ship the Rachel Corrie come?" he asked.I told him it was unlikely. He offered me a resigned look, sucking through his nicotine-stained teeth."
“Many commentators argued that the work in Haiti was a reflection of a central Jewish value. Michael Freund, a columnist in The Jerusalem Post, wrote on Thursday, “Though a vast gulf separates Israel from Haiti, with more than 10,500 kilometers of ocean lying between us, the Jewish people demonstrated that their extended hand can bridge any gap and traverse any chasm when it comes to saving lives.”
But on the same page, another commentator, Larry Derfner, argued that while Israel’s field hospital in Haiti is a reflection of something deep in the nation’s character, “so is everything that’s summed up in the name of ‘Gaza.’ ” He wrote: “It’s the Haiti side of Israel that makes the Gaza side so inexpressibly tragic. And more and more, the Haiti part of the national character has been dwarfed by the Gaza part.”
Early in the week, Akiva Eldar, a leftist commentator and reporter with the newspaper Haaretz, made a similar point: “The remarkable identification with the victims of the terrible tragedy in distant Haiti only underscores the indifference to the ongoing suffering of the people of Gaza.”
“Israel sent a team of 220 aid workers. Israel has a population of six million. The population of Britain is 60 million. I’d say that was a disproportionate Israeli response, wouldn’t you?”
British security will take a jar of hand lotion from an 80 year old grandma, force the mother to drink the contents of her baby's bottle, confiscate a see through green plastic gun from a 4 year old and insist that everyone take off their shoes because some nutter once used his shoes to hide an explosive device. 
Israel Airport security however doesn't do any of these things. People, not items, carry out terrorist attacks and that's why Israel profiles people and not plastic toy guns. In Britain this policy would fall foul of the PC (Politically Correct) idiots. 
Even if they see a suspicious person they cannot directly pick him or her out for special treatment because of accusations of racial profiling. All British Security forces can do is wait until he or she slips up. It's like waiting for a miracle from heaven. 
Israeli Security asks some basic questions to determine if you are who you appear to be. Religious Jews are asked basic questions on Judaism. This could be a problem for the average Reform Rabbi from the UK being asked about questions on kashrut or about this week's parsha but they aren't looking so much at the answers but how you react to the questions. A non-Jewish single friend of mine came to Israel for my Chasuna . He was immediately identified as an interesting subject and given closer attention. He was asked questions about me, such as where I lived and he found that he simply couldn't answer them. They started searching his bag and then discovered the Birkon from the wedding with my name on it in Hebrew. He had taken it from his table not actually knowing what it was but thought that it was a nice souvenir. This Birkon saved him from further suspicion and he was allowed to board the plane. Interestingly enough he told me later how much safer he felt on the plane knowing that Security was so thorough. 
