Christabel1991

It's been my understanding the asexuals just don't like having sex (or don't find people of either gender attractive?), and not that they are incapable of loving someone. Am I wrong, or did you mean your attitude towards sex changed since you two met?

*sorry if this question is too personal, feel free to ignore it.

Wait, what? When I joined the military in 2004 we didn't have to swear on any holy book, that's the first time I'm hearing about this. Since when is this a requirement?

Depends which part. Anything not related to the settlements or Arabs I'd say the majority. Unfortunately the scare tactics that the Israeli right is using are pretty effective, and people vote more based on their fear from Arabs (yes, fear which leads to hate, on both sides really) than their standings on social matters.

In a cafe in Berlin I asked the waiter why they don't accept cards (even debit cards). He said that they used to offer this service, but too many people used it, which annoyed the staff so they stopped allowing it. I was surprised that a service they offered was discontinued because it was popular with customers. He said "welcome to Germany".

OP did not grow up in Israel, so let me try to answer for her.

You seem to be misusing the term Zionism. Being a Zionist means supporting the idea that the Jewish people should have a state in the land of Israel. This term is also used by settlers and for them it means a state in the biblical land of Israel (much bigger even than Israel and Palestine combined). The original idea had nothing to do with religion, since Judaism is both a religion and a people.

Analogical to that, let's call the idea that Palestinians should have their own state as Blablaism. Some Palestinians want the whole land of Israel for themselves and for them that's Blablaism. Now, because extremists are very loud Blablaism is associated with driving Jews out of their country and taking over the whole land. Does that mean that the original meaning of Blablaism is not valid, and that Palestinians should not have their own state?

In short, what Israelis consider as Zionism and what outsiders think it is are two different things. I'm both a Zionist and a Blablaist, and there is no contradiction there.

And about those security agents, from my experience the state of Israel does more for the safety and wellbeing of its citizens abroad than any country I know. If they think security agents (probably not "agents" per se) are necessary on that particular case, then who am I to argue?