I've actually gotten the impression that most Israeli Jews are secular. Maybe you're thinking of a few Orthodox. But then again the Orthodox hate everything, including the state of Israel. lol But when Israeli Jews meet American Christians they're surprised at how receptive and kind they are. And they open right up. So I don't think it's necessarily anger or hate but concern. You go through a few pogroms and a hollocaust and you tend to like your little corner of the woods better than the Gentiles'. To break down those boundaries and let the Gentiles in again doesn't seem to make a lot of sense. And can you blame them after what history has taught them time and time again? Can't erase 2200 years of senseless persecution over night.
many israeli jews are "secular" in that they do not practice Judaism.
they are still taught what it means to "be Jewish" - according to the jewish worldview.
it behooves us to understand what that is.
you've noted the idea that gentiles are foaming at the mouth to do in the jews, and this is what many are taught.
is it really what history shows?
this is such a volatile issue, we rarely get anywhere when comes down to examining the narratives and claims beyond what you have written. we're not permitted to.
but maybe we can hear it from someone else:
“Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the religious scholar and spiritual leader of Israel's Sephardic Jews who transformed his downtrodden community of immigrants from North Africa and Arab nations and their descendants into a powerful force in Israeli politics, died on Monday... Yosef was often called the outstanding Sephardic rabbinical authority of the century. His prominence helped boost the confidence of his community, which makes up roughly half of Israel's population...” - AP Oct 7
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“An eminent rabbi who heads Israel's third biggest political party sparked an uproar in Israel for saying that 6 million Jews perished in the Holocaust because they were reincarnations of sinners. Rabbi Ovadia Yosef was speaking in his weekly Saturday night sermon that is broadcast over the party’s radio stations and is beamed overseas by satellite. He said the six million Holocaust victims ‘were reincarnations of the souls of sinners, people who transgressed and did all sorts of things that should not be done. They had been reincarnated in order to atone.’ [Associated Press, Aug. 6, 2000].
Yehoshua Mashav told Israel Radio that “in plain language (Rabbi) Yosef was saying that Hitler...‘was simply the messenger of God sent to give the Jewish people their just desserts.” [The Independent (UK), Aug. 6, 2000].
“May the Holy Name visit retribution on the Arab heads, and cause their seed to be lost, and annihilate them. It is forbidden to have pity on them. We must give them missiles with relish, annihilate them. Evil ones, damnable ones.” [2001 Passover sermon. Cf. Haaretz, April 12, 2001].
is there an excuse for this?
what would that excuse be?
there's a reason for it - The Babylonian Talmud teaches it.
does anything excuse it?
is it likely to engender goodwill?
is goodwill the desire?
“Goyim were born only to serve us. Without that, they have no place in the world – only to serve the People of Israel...With gentiles, it will be like any person – they need to die, but [God] will give them longevity. Why? Imagine that one’s donkey would die, they’d lose their money. This is his servant... That’s why he gets a long life, to work well for this Jew. Why are gentiles needed? They will work, they will plow, they will reap. We will sit like an effendi and eat. That is why gentiles were created.” [Jerusalem Post, October 18, 2010].
this is not a fringe crackpot.
look him up.
he was top dog.