‘I Love This Country and Want to Protect the People’

Garin’s devotion is what got him in trouble with the law. He was pained by Imelda’s long hours of work and wanted to assist, even though she told him that his studies come first. He got a job at an ice cream shop near the old port of Tel Aviv, working so much that he’d sleep through class. A photograph of Garin snoozing at his desk in high school amused his parents at the shiva, they said. But Garin’s wish to earn money led him to agree to deliver drugs...