The absurd is that no matter what they did or said about Israel, my immediate reaction to any kind of representation is WE'RE IN THERE! THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT US! Like, my heart would do a little twirl. I'm really happy Ziva is awesome, though I suspect I would have loved her character regardless just for being there.

Anyway :( What season are you watching? I barely remember season 5 and skipped a lot of season 6, and only really caught up again starting from about a third of the way into season 7, where things definitely improved.