They thought they would be as proud of Israel today as they were when they were younger, but they aren’t. They have to go about their lives as if everything is normal, but inside they too are seething with anger and resentment and shame. If Israel can ignore the occupation, curtail civil rights, wallow in corruption and repeatedly anoint Netanyahu as King of Israel, it can do anything. For many older Israelis, the breaking point was the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin which, rather than ending Netanyahu’s career, as most leftists thought it should, got him elected prime minister instead.