One genuinely poisonous aspect of Israeli policy is that the more Jews as a people are persecuted, the better Israel as a nation does: demographically, economically, and diplomatically[1].
It was true in the days of Avraham Stern, and it's true today. It creates some truly horrific perverse incentives.
[1] By dint of being the "victim", even if it's not Israel the nation being victimized. A disastrous category error that the nation of Israel exploits quite shamelessly.
It was true in the days of Avraham Stern, and it's true today. It creates some truly horrific perverse incentives.
[1] By dint of being the "victim", even if it's not Israel the nation being victimized. A disastrous category error that the nation of Israel exploits quite shamelessly.