Because they just wanted to screw with me. They specifically didn't let me take on a paper file which had my invitation letter, citizenship copy and various oth

Because they just wanted to screw with me. They specifically didn't let me take on a paper file which had my invitation letter, citizenship copy and various other things that would have made my life easier at Ben Gurion. They promised they'd put it on the plane and they didn't. I got it two or three days later as El Al doesn't fly during Shabbat.