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I'm still loving that her mentor was @iKarinaLombard - maybe we'll see more appearances by her? It would be awesome!!!"

"I think you need to watch "Kill Ari" again. 1. Ziva slipped a false passport for the woman at the pool to give to Ari. 2. They were to meet in Paris (not Israel). 3. Ziva told Ari Gibbs asked her to be backup on the roof (basically warning Ari it was a set up). These facts show she was trying to get Ari out of the country and NOT trying to kill him. Yes, she could have seriously injured him, rather than kill him, but I think she knew what Mossad would do to him if he was captured alive. And I don't get where you're getting that Ziva had a privelidged monied lifestyle. Because she wanted a pony (like many little girls, rich or poor) from her uncle (who raised Arabians)? Because she had dance lessons (again, like many little girls, even those who may not have much money)? And it was implicitly stated that Eli ran the household and was raising the children the way he wanted (he says himself he raised Ziva to be a killer and Ari says he was raised to be a mole). Yes, Ziva's mother took the girls away from Eli, but nowhere has it been said how long she had them. For all we know, she was killed shortly after leaving Eli!"

" And I don't get where you're getting that Ziva had a privelidged monied lifestyle. Because she wanted a pony (like many little girls, rich or poor) from her uncle (who raised Arabians)? Because she had dance lessons (again, like many little girls, even those who may not have much money)? And it was implicitly stated that Eli ran the household and was raising the children the way he wanted (he says himself he raised Ziva to be a killer and Ari says he was raised to be a mole). Yes, Ziva's mother took the girls away from Eli, but nowhere has it been said how long she had them. For all we know, she was killed shortly after leaving Eli!"

"Having a father who is deputy director of a national agency and an uncle who breeds Arabians and is willing to give you a pony because you've asked him for one in addition to being able to study music and dance means that your family has, at the very least, a reasonable degree of money and the ability and willingness to spend it on you. That is not a sign of a poor or neglectful upbringing."

"Just because an uncle is rich doesn't mean a father is rich. Eli was not deputy director when he met Vance (otherwise he would have had an agent for security with him). And even though our family was poor, I was able to study music through a school program (meaning it was free). "

"Having money doesn't make you who you are are as a person. It might define your position in life. I was watching Freedom last night, and Ziva was talking to Gunny Georgina Wootten and she knew, without being told, of her bashing's from domestic abuse.
Ziva said to her: "I know what it's like to be under the control of a man. To feel like you have no power. And the only way to get that power back is to shut down. You tell yourself you must shut down. You tell yourself to never show emotion to anybody. I know what that's like. It's the only way you can survive. I also know what it's like to want to seek revenge."
Ziva was contolled by her father. When you are part of something like Mossad, you don't argue the point about anything."