The Israelis I used to work for were the badass type, as were the Israeli-owned security firms they worked/contracted with. All were high-ranking officers in the Israeli military. They took me under their wings as a sort of hybrid Jew (1/4 ancestry, not religious) and wanted me to study Israeli/Jewish history, etc.
Prior to that, I was staunchly pro-Israel, courtesy of my strict Southern Baptist education (very, very pro-Israel). When I started reading about it, I couldn’t find the part where the Jews were done wrong WRT Palestine. It turned my whole understanding of Israel on its head. Funny how doing actual research will do that to you, as opposed to just believing the popular rhetoric and propaganda.
