[shilgapira]

Of course the founder is a normal civilian. Israel has mandatory conscription so you'd expect any normal civilian to also have served in the IDF at some point.

It might sound weird to people from the US and many other western nations. Most people there aren't concerned with serving in the military - they either leave it to working class folks to serve, or they don't really have any neighboring enemies.

The Israelis aren't as privileged unfortunately. Israel requires all its citizens to serve so that its military is large enough and strong enough to defend against attacks from the many regressive and murderous regimes that surround it, or even better, deter them from even trying to attack.

[jacooper]

Even if we took mandatory service as an excuse to serve for an occupation army, the guy overstayed his mandatory service, he chose to continue working in that intelligence unit.

[shilgapira]

Why wouldn't he make that choice?

I don't know where you live, but he lives in a country that's surrounded by theocratic dictatorships, failed states, and Islamist terrorists who livestream murders and kidnappings.

His choice seems perfectly rational to me.

[jacooper]

I can derail the conversation just like you are trying to but I'm going to keep it short.

This guy isn't a normal innocent civilian, that's my point.