frank lee bent wrote: ↑Fri Feb 22, 2019 9:27 am no doubt, but an adult with a firearm vs a child with a rock is pretty obviously dissonant
being confined in a ghetto by military force is also a part of it.
"the jew" as you like to style it, does not really signify
i can easily be considered "a jew"
many israelis deplore the treatment of the palestinians

then there are the ill informed Americans, who blindly support Israel due to simplistic christian views.
American Taliban types.
all i am saying is that it is not surprising that young Israelis behave like assholes overseas.

Not having a go, and maybe im being a bit slow here.

But why is it that this behaviour manifests itself abroad? Or rather why do you feel its excusable?

Israelis are blunt and rude. You got a problem with that?
While startling to many immigrants and visitors, the aggressive arguing and disdain for lines is part of Israel’s cultural DNA

The Israelis’ reputation as a rude, abrasive or merely boundary-less people has made its way around the world — surviving even its new incarnation as “start-up nation.” Famously, in 2015, the tech firm Intel presented its employees with a guide to working with Israelis that warned them to “expect to be cut off regularly” and that “visitors are often taken aback by the tone or loudness of the discussion.”

Many English-speaking immigrants to Israel — or Anglos, as they are known locally — have long complained about the stark differences in cultural norms and expectations that complicate relations between the two groups.

“Israelis are notoriously late; super casual in dress code and speaking,” said Daniel Rosenthal, an immigrant from Tampa, Florida. “They tend to be too personal in their opening remarks, sharing things like how many kids they have.”

Dave Levy, another immigrant, said that “arguments can easily get loud and verbally violent, yet never physically violent. There is very much a culture of arguing.”
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israelis- ... with-that/

why do you feel its excusable?

i never said it was. it is understandable though for the reasons i gave.
i am pretty sure it goes on at home too.