I used to be on the pure "ra ra little democratic Israel fighting evil Islamic terrorists and dictators" bandwagon, but then I listened to the Martyrmade podcast series on the founding of Isreal. Different narrative comes out once you get all the context. Don't get me wrong, they have the right to exist, but it's a nasty and complicated story.

I also listened to a Jocko Podcast on how Israeli planes and torpedo boats tried to destroy an American ship in the 60s. The USS Liberty. He interviewed some survivors. They were about to land commandos on the deck as a last attempt to kill them all, but aborted and flew off. Gets you conspiracy wheels turning.