Of course. Israel was founded by very idealistic youngsters, and whatever was fresh and unproven, they believed in. As time went by, the Soviet Union collapsed. Socialistic governments stagnated. But the idealists still clung to power, in defiance of reason and facts. They’re still there, brain lodged firmly between two lower cheeks, still bitterly clinging to outdated idiocy.
I think there are points on both sides. However, in the earlier years of the State, idealism yielded to the imperatives of security. If a spy operation had to be carried out, it was carried out with ruthless efficiency. Think of the reaction to Munich, how they chased down the culprits and knocked them off. Or even as late as Entebbe: they didn’t conduct a navel gazing exercise trying to figure out what the terrorists wanted. They went in, killed them all and brought our people home. Period.