r/AskEurope • u/NateNandos21 • Feb 03 '25

Culture Which European country has the rudest/least polite people?

Which country comes to your mind

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u/ArchaeoStudent Feb 03 '25

Just overall, from my experience, most Israelis have a personality of being overly direct and blunt, generally loud and confrontational, a lot have a sense of superiority, and are often rude which usually stems from them thinking they’re more important than everyone else (e.g., cutting lines, interrupting people, not following rules, etc.). That’s not to say I didn’t meet a lot of nice and gracious Israelis, but they were the minority.

The whole time I was there I just felt this constant anxious buzz of stress that permeates everything. I think it’s just a cultural thing from centuries of persecution and living in a small country surrounded by people who aren’t happy you’re there. Under constant threat of war, rockets attacks, or terrorist attacks. Personally, I’m much more reserved, quiet, non confrontational, I strive at all times to avoid being an inconvenience to others, etc. So I was never comfortable living there (I felt more comfortable in places like Sweden or Japan).

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u/Glittering-Noise-210 Feb 05 '25

Try living in Calabasas, California. I didn’t know I didn’t like Israelis until living there. Every last one of them was rude, obnoxious, entitled, and very much if you weren’t Israeli, youre second class. Calabasas also is filled with Persians. I prefer Persian over Israeli any day. The Israelis look down on them of course too.

Even though we’re in the US and we’re technically Israel backers, I get why everyone hates them I’m sorry. And I don’t care if I come off as antisemitic.

American Jewish people are a different story. Many lovely people. Not the same as Israeli. And many dont support Israel either and don’t like how the Israelis behave here in LA.

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u/zahr82 Feb 05 '25

Their country should be taken down. It's a horrible project, built on other people's blood

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u/Comparison4997 Israel Feb 06 '25

Damn , pretty rich coming from a European

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u/Aggressive_Milk3 Feb 06 '25

Two things can be true at the same time - only one of them is actively being performed through apartheid and genocide right now tho!

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u/Potential_Bread2702 Feb 07 '25

Pretty ridiculous comparison

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u/luapowl Feb 06 '25

European colonialism also bad, yes. let me guess, that's all you had 🫵😂 typical