Kanoi, and if the Chareidim do not hold of them, they should not insist on living off them!
Da’as Yochid, the Israeli wellfare system exists for altruistic reasons. They just do not want to support all the Chareidim in kollel anymore. Even the “evil” Yochanan Plesner suggested 20% of talmidim get exemptions.
Shmoel-Joe, 1. A) An Israeli Chareidi in kollel gets much more money (after counting everything) from the Medinah than a college student; B) A college student is there for 4-6 years, a Chareidi is in kollel for live.
2. US, UK and France also could have been nuked during the Cold war.
3. A) Many of the American Gedolim would have paskened like I say if they were in charge there; B) There are ma’ases in Chazal in which people got punished for not rebuking Gedolim when they were doing something wrong. For starters, Avodah Zorah 18A. And Rabi Chanina was not even doing something which was befeirush ossur. His wife was chayav misa for not stopping him.