mdd wrote: “Kanoi, if we were talking about a country which gives out these financial benefits and the general population does not mind people taking them to stay in kollel, I would agree with you. If the general public objects and has ta’anos, then it’s Chillul HaShem and hisgarus be’Umos. “
The existence of the settlements is hisgarus be’umos according to most of the world. The idea of a Jewish State is hisgarus be’umos. So if you are going to bend to what everyone else thinks, you won’t have anything.