The fact that we can board a plane and land a few hours later in Tel Aviv, doesn’t mean we should forget the people who were interned on Cyprus after surviving the concentration camps, for trying to make the same trip in far less comfortable circumstances.
Anyone old enough to remember standing at Shaar Mandelbaum, looking from a distance at a small part of the Kosel and not allowed to approach, or anyone who knows such a person, would not ask your question.