Oh right, thanks for the tip Dan.
I am looking to travel during one of the busiest times of the year: July 4th week! and its for me and my bride to be. Best case scenario, we fly on wed the 6th, but we are flexible for that week or even the next (and AA is telling me there is nothing for both weeks). We both have over 100k miles on AA (thanks Dan!), and would like to splurge on business class. Our priority is the straight LAX-Tel Aviv flight, but second best would be with only one stop in US so only one time through customs.
I tried looking using my matmid account for rewards travel on el al and it looked like to me that there was availability on the straight flight, but numerous calls to AA since then have come up empty. Help!