The problem with accepting military work is that foreign governments will now consider you a legitimate military target.
Iran has been very liberal with what it considers military targets. There is no evidence rejecting military work has protected anyone from it.
And let's not forget, all of this happened right when protests in the streets against Netanyahu were at their highest levels.
That patience earned them another, bigger attack against them in 2026.
If Israel were attacked two years back to back like that, with the second attack killing its prime minister, it would have burned every belligerent country around it to ash without any consideration for whom they are killing, and the world wouldn't bat an eye.
In fact, they did just that in response to a much smaller attack, and the world didn't bat an eye. A quarter million dead and counting, many of the killings being straight-up, no ambiguity war crimes. Strange how they get to inflict disproportionate violence in retaliation with no consequences.