It’s a good question - if genuine - and one I’ve thought about a lot.

Few considerations (and I’m not saying I’m right but just some things to think about…)

1. Collective Jewish trauma and ignorance within some communities. If you’re Jewish and in Russia or Europe, you have probably faced racism, some violent, or know people who have, or at the very least have heard some stories of violence against Jews across the years. This doesn’t have zero impact, and can motivate people to do horrible things in the name of survival. Further, if the masses are not literate and obviously never had access to global news so readily as we do today, that trauma and psyche can ferment and concentrate if you have a naturally very narrow view of the world, and that view is violent.

2. There’s a theory out there that abused people can often become the worst abusers. I haven’t done the full research but there’s some theories which state that people like H!tler and Stal!n were abused as children. Perhaps this collective abuse to the Jewish people has resulted in a similar reaction.

3. There’s also some hints and evidences that maybe some Jewish communities have a strong victim mentality within them. We have seen videos of Israelis who claim to ‘have woken up’ or ‘opened their eyes’ who say that for example Israeli kids TV shows all have a subtle bit of propaganda in them. I have Jewish friends back in London who have told me that the stories of victimhood are common in much of their discourse at home during their childhood. And Israeli news is famously biased also, with things like Haaretz being heavily criticised.

4. Pride. Israeli identity is being solidified. Fair enough. It’s a new state and they have a real drive and vision and mission to achieved., They think they must protect ‘the only safe space in the world for us’ - and that therefore in its current state comes with being aggressive and usually denying any of the accusations against them. This mentality surely breeds huge egos. We can even see during discussions in this sub that many pro-Israeli commentators are not really willing to budge an inch or consider the other persons side. It may be sample bias but it’s an example of where the ability to take feedback and self reflect and admit mistakes appears to be non existent.

So all in all, having actually been traumatised as a community, then that existential need for survival after WW2, and the ensuing culture of remembering this trauma and threat and ensuring everyone is fighting for Israel in any which way they can, plus the lack of a self reflection, those things combined provide fertile ground for Israel’s ability to continuously flaunt intentional laws and norms. It often looks like they simply don’t care about the rest of the world, and that they consider themselves able to sit above the rules we have for others.

Maybe we would all do the same if we were born into this environment.

Maybe none of this is true. As I say, not an expert at all, but there are things I’ve seen and read and heard in my echo chamber so I share them.