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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski
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I agree that the whole Jewish state thing is stupid. I also agree that the Israeli society as a whole can be quite racist. I grew up there, I know! You'd either be Russian, Moroccan, or one of the religious sects. Everyone in that society thinks that their group is god's gift to earth and everyone else is beneath them. That said both sides are equally racist!
That said when you are applying for work, no one asks you to prove how Jewish you are. Yes I don't like transportation not working on Saturdays, or having to eat Kosher in restaurants(though that might have changed now), but aside from that and people being stupid there really isn't too much harm in it.
The official justification for a Jewish state is that they want to prevent the holocaust from happening again. They are afraid of becoming the minority, and Israel doing nothing in a similar situation. I agree though, that now its mostly an excuse. However, you really need to be away from the situation in order to see it this way. It's almost impossible to see the entire picture when you live there.