I used to have an Israeli classmate, and he used to do the same thing. Eventually somebody explained to me that it’s a cultural difference; in EY, pushing somebody out of the way is the American equivalent of an “excuse me.”
I recently heard a story about a 10-year-old Israeli boy who took a trip to England. When he came back and was asked about his trip, he said England was very nice, but the people were so rude.
It seems he was eating and the person next to him asked him to pass the salt, which was in front of this boy. He couldn’t understand why the guy couldn’t just reach over and get it. Why did his eating have to be interrupted just to pass someone the salt?
What we think of as rude, is sometimes just a cultural difference.