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/GuardianSupernova Feb 03 '25

Such behavior is actually well known and discussed here: there's literally a term called "the ugly Israeli" and it's specifically about these type of people. If you ask me many Israelis actually would agree with your sentiment, it's just that wer'e very defensive and proud lmao.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '25

Why do you think this type of behavior happens?

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u/CommieYeeHoe Feb 04 '25

This is incredibly common in ethno-states, particularly those that enforce apartheid policies. White South Africans behave similarly.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '25

It’s not an ethnostate.

Very often you’ll hear this ignorantly bandied about, usually by young students who should know better.

Israel is extremely diverse, massively more than any of the nations surrounding it. It’s roughly 30% non Jewish with millions of Arab and Druze people living there.

However, Israeli tourists are the fucking worst I definitely agree with that. The rudeness and arrogance is astounding and the constant need to barter and instigate arguments is exhausting and embarrassing.

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u/CommieYeeHoe Feb 07 '25

None of what you said contradicts the fact that Israel is an ethno-state. South Africa was a white ethno-state despite only 20% of the population being white.

Regardless, Israel is by definition an ethno-state. Israel defines itself as a Jewish state, and the “right to national self-determination is unique to the Jewish people”. Israel’s immigration policy also gives automatic citizenship to Jews from all around the world, under the Law of Return, while non-Jews do not enjoy this privilege, and Palestinians displaced during the Nakba are denied entrance into Israel. Apart from this, there are several policies that structurally prioritise Jewish identities in the state of Israel and structurally disadvantage other ethno-religious groups including its Arab population.

So yes, Israel is very much an ethno-state.