ROB -“No one called the people they spoke to “kofrim””
That’s because they weren’t. The early Zionists were.
Maybe nowadays most are Tinuk Shneshbas.
“As far as your second point- the sad part is that you just parrot what you hear without knowing if it is true….sad really…”
I’m just like you – I’m brainwashed about my beliefs.
Anyways, I wasn’t alive before ’48 – so I have to be Someiach on what others say. One thing I can tell you the attack on the Status Quo by the Israeli Gov. nowadays, even if you can call these politicians Tinuk Sneshbas, but the Rishous that they are doing is B’maizid. They know better – e/o in Israel knows about the “Status Quo”!