Dunno about you, I just had this feeling there was more than just the military and intelligence coperation between India and Isreal. Fresh out of the military training and such the young generation of Isrealis is flocking to India for some trance music and getting high on hash 
India is a favored getaway for the Jewish stateās many young army veterans seeking drug-filled escapes from the pressures of home
By Megan K. Stack, Times Staff Writer
SEDOT YAM, Israel ā For young Israelis wedged between war and adulthood, itās a chance to escape the struggle of their homeland ā and to be unapologetically young for the first and last time.
Once mandatory army service is behind them, they flock overseas for a year, maybe two. Many head for Bolivia, Peru or Thailand. A few venture to Australia or New Zealand. But mostly, former soldiers go to India. On a journey that promises spiritual renewal and usually includes trips of the hallucinogenic sort, Israelis tramp off to the subcontinent in droves ā about 30,000 a year, so many itās become a generational cliche.
The India phenomenon was born as Israel wrestled through its invasion of Lebanon and the outbreak of the first Palestinian intifada in the 1980s. The trend has grown stronger during the current, 3-year-old Palestinian uprising, a wrenching and controversial war that has cast the Jewish state into ceaseless bloodshed and ideological uncertainty.
Trekkers wander from village to village, and local entrepreneurs advertise their hostels and restaurants in Hebrew. Thereās liquid acid and opium, Ecstasy and lots of hashish.
Many fear, and say so ever more openly, that harsh measures imposed on the Palestinians in the name of stifling terrorism will only end up stoking the hatred.
āSuddenly what the army is used for is not so clear,ā Taub said. āThink what that does to an 18-year-old.ā
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Israeli tourists in India dance to trance music at a party in the Himalayas.
(Ilan Mizrahi / For The Times)