The realism of her depiction also became a subject of discussion, and de Pablo's imitation of an Israeli accent and performances in Hebrew have been both praised and criticized. Anthony Frosh of "Galus Australis" suggested that her unrelentingly patriotic attitude did not reflect that of a typical Israeli while Honig wrote that that trait helped Israeli viewers to identify with her more. "Huffington Post" critic William Bradley thought that the Chilean-born de Pablo was "surprisingly convincing" as a Mossad officer. Alex Joffe, a writer for "Jewish Ideas Daily", added that when Mossad agents do appear on the American screen, it is often as "more extreme pictures of the general types and dilemmas", using "The Debt" as a primary example. He believed that Ziva, "a one-woman army, full of secrets", fell into this category but concluded that she was still "the most positive recurring Israeli character on American television".