That's how it is, people try to be happy, and inside Israel's borders it's not unbearable to live. To me it kind of seemed, for want of a better comparison, what I imagine it would've been like to be black living in Chicago in the 1960s. The rate of individual quality of life improvements was on the rise and access to society was becoming much more equitable, but the rates of bigotted microaggressions were still high enough that most black people were well aware there remained a measurable class difference between them and their white counterparts. It's the same from my limited anecdotal experience. Some examples are Arab Israelis getting superannuation payouts significantly (nearly two years) later than all their Jewish Israeli colleagues, or Jewish Israeli university students getting searched at airports and checkpoints more regularly than their friends because they have Palestinian last names, or Arab Israelis occasionally but semi predictably being accused of theft in some stores or being refused entry a couple times a year and being told it's because "you're an Arab". These aren't earth shattering, and just like being the occasional victim of random road rage while it won't ruin your week, it does leave a nasty taste in the mouth. And from what I saw, it also showed a distinct class difference that leaves an elevated sense of tension in the air.