Yes, I did that for a while some years ago. It was fine. Good enough for using it in a training. And I lost interest in that setup early enough that the stick survives to this day.

Yes. We are way past having to be careful with our criticism towards Israel because of our past. Our history urges us to help stop Israel. And just to be clear: With Israel I mean the government of Israel, their armed forces, the so called settlers and everyone supporting them, committing crime after crime against humanity. But considering how tone deaf our own government is on every level, I don’t see their position changing soon.