The majority of Israeli Jews — 56 per cent — believe that they are the “chosen people” according to a poll conducted by Haaretz. That figure is considerably higher amongst the political right in Israel, at 79 per cent. The findings of the survey — carried out to mark the Jewish New Year — included a number of revealing facts about Israeli society
Majority of Israeli Jews Believe They Are ‘Chosen People’
“Israelis and Americans view Europe as godless and decadent, but for the Brahmins in Brussels, Israel and the United States are drifting into fundamentalist Crazyland.”