The most remarkable thing about this route is that security is so much smoother in Israel. It is not a case of one clogged up zone between check-in and departure lounge, but a whole series of small and large checks which generally add little overall time to the departure procedure...
Or maybe it just seems that way? It sounds to me that the entire airport experience is a nightmare from the moment you approach the airport until you board the plane.
It rarely takes more than 10 minutes to get through security at a British airport, and usually significantly less time than that, after which you are free to do as you wish, secure in the knowledge that everyone's bag has been X-rayed and not just those belonging to passengers who match the security force's "profile".