Takahmamash – thank you for apologizing. I appreciate it.
I realize that obviously settlers are usually “tzioni”, but there was a lot of disillusionment with the current (or then-current) government in the early 1990’s. That has nothing to do with how people felt about going to the army or celebrating Yom HaAtzmaut, etc.
I think some people distinguish between the concept of the Medina as a whole and how they feel about the current government (whichever government happens to be current at the time), and that’s why they don’t necessarily feel like they have to accept everything the government says.
At least, that is what was going on in the early 90’s. I am not sure what’s going on now, but if in fact it is the case that there are settlers who are doing something illegal (I don’t even know if that’s the case; I was just responding to the assumption made in the op), it seems that they do feel this way – that even though they are tzioni, they don’t feel that they have to listen to a specific government if the government is saying things they feel are wrong.
I think you may have misunderstood my point. But if you do understand and you just disagree, I would be interested in knowing how you would respond to the op’s question. Thank you.