I think that the relationship between diaspora and Israel is always complicated, but Poland's case is even more. Our country can be called the center of Holocaust, and many people emigrated because of it to Israel.
Polish jews don't like Israelis' attitude towards us. Young Israelis often ask us "Why are you still here?" and "Why didn't you come to Israel?". They can't understand that we belong to this country, we're both Jewish and Polish and we don't have why to leave.
From the other side, Polish Jews are very critical towards Israel's political actions. We think they are too agressive. Of course we understand the reasons and when we talk with goys we defend the Holy Land, but our political views are not always pro-Israeli.
Besides this Polish Jews like Israel. It's difficult not to like such a hot, beautiful country with sandy beaches and amazing food. We LOVE modern Israeli cuisine, we prefer it to the food which eastern European Jews ate. We also like the fact, that there are so many other Jews in Israel. After all, almost 90% of the Polish population considers themselfs christian.
The relationship between Israel and the Polish diaspora is complicated, but after all I think we like each other.
A great summary Sara. Though it is not exactly the same I think the relationship with the UK is similar. Even though there was no Holocaust here some Israelis don't understand why a Jewish person would live here!
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