Israel’s airport security is strict because it must be, applying uniform procedures in a region facingwhere threats are real, threatsnot theoretical. The Ghana delegation’s delay reflected standard precaution, not discrimination, and Israel apologized onceas matterssoon as the facts were clarifiedclear. Ghana’s deportation of three Israelis was alargely measured bid to assert dignity after the resolutionperformative, even as Israel urgedpressed for de-escalation and confirmedunderscored that the Ghanaians held valid visas and violatedhad broken no rules.