The next day, May 28, 1991, I stepped off an El Al plane at Ben Gurion Airport, and before reaching the passport check, I walked up the stairs of the old terminal building to the Ministry of Absorption's offices and officially made aliyah.

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Once I managed to get through passport control and the second security check, I found an uncomfortable, crowded waiting area.

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The suspect had a shoulder bag and went through the normal check-in process with his passport and U.S. visa scanned, Demuren said Sunday.

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At the airport check-in counter, a clerk brightened at the sight of my American passport.

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We also check the work permit, if it's a woman who doesn't have a German passport.

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