""It is a rite of passage for many young Israelis to visit India
after finishing their compulsory military service. The shekel goes a long way,
the locals are friendly, drinks cheap and hashish and ecstasy circulated
freely." "Later on I met Moshe, a fresh-off-the boat IDF soldier from the West
Bank, and asked him how he saw the natives. He told me that Indians were
childlike and uncomprehending, "like a flock of sheep".""