Reply To: My issue with the Israeli Chareidi parties

Akuperma- I’m not sure who you are referring to when you say Zionists want to give all sorts of benefits to the Palestians. My understanding is that most Israelis either want them to leave the West Bank, stay where they are as second class citizens, or have their own state. Very few, if any, want them to be full citizens and have full benefits.

And even if those people do exists, there is a difference between Palestinians and Chareidim in the eyes of the Israeli. Chareidim are Jews and Palestinians are not. Your average Israeli has higher standards for Jews, even Chareidim. I might be willing to give money to both a stranger and a relative or a friend, but I have higher expectations for the relative or the friend to reciprocate. I will be more insulted if a friend or relative takes without giving then if a stranger does it. And I would be more likely to give money to a stranger who doesn’t reciprocate than a friend or relative who doesn’t reciprocate.

It’s not bigotry. Your average Israeli is not offended by the intense religious nature of the Charedi. They’re insulted by the fact that the Charedim want nothing to do with them when in their eyes we’re all Jews and we all have a responsibility to the Jewish People as a whole. The average Israeli has higher standards for the Chareidi than for the Palestinian, is more insulted when the Chareidi shuns them and treats them like strangers.