Not really. LY premium service was phenomenal and definitely felt genuine in my experiences. Yes yes, I know, Elal is horrible and you wouldn't fly them for anything.
My personal experience is from 19 years ago, but the headlines about their handling of situations is very recent and not my personal experience. I know that they do treat travel agents better than most airlines do, and they are also rumored to treat their top tier frequent flyers well. FTR, I didn't write any of the comments on Calcalist. Presumably, those were Israelis that wrote those.