Atheism in Israel ? A few questions to the Israeli citizens ?

There are indeed.

The Jews are for Israel.

The Christians are for Israel.

The atheists are for Israel.

The Bahais are for Israel.

The Japanese are for Israel.

The Druse are for Israel.

That's just for a start.

The Muslims are against Israel. Their religion gives them no choice.

The Muslims are also against their fellow Arabs. Reports about the repression of Hamas opponents were obtained from Palestinians detained by the IDF during Operation Cast Lead. For example, Hamas operative Nawaf Faisal Atar, a resident of Al-Atatra who was detained on January 11, said that Gazans who dared to oppose Hamas were shot in the legs [as corroborated by the Amnesty report]. He said that Gazans were afraid to oppose Hamas because its operatives did not hesitate to call people Israeli collaborators and execute them.

Hamad Fajar Saleh, a resident of Jabaliya, who was detained on January 12, said that in 2007 Hamas operatives shot and killed his brother, who had guarded the house of the Palestinian Authority employee responsible for internal security. He also said that Hamas prevented people affiliated with Fatah from getting the food and other items of humanitarian aid they were entitled to from UNRWA.

In addition, the media (especially those affiliated with Fatah) issued similar reports. For example, during Operation Cast Lead a motorcyclist was reported to have shot and killed a Palestinian in Gaza who had been suspected of collaborating with Israel and who escaped from the detention facility attacked by the Israeli Air Force. According to eye witnesses, the victim was shot three times in the head and chest.

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For two main reasons, neither having to do with Apartheid: (QUICK NOTE: Druze Arabs are drafted into the IDF, so your claim isn't entirely accurate.) -Firstly, this way, Israeli Arabs are not forced into situations where they may have to fight, and even kill, their Arab cousins. -Secondly, despite being Israeli citizens, many Arab-Israelis are hostile to the country, and wouldn't hesitate to turn over information they learn from the IDF to its enemies (tactics, training, troop positions, etc.) However, if they so choose, Arabs can serve, though they are not legally compelled. Often however, Arabs who do join the IDF are harassed by their fellow Arabs and therefore choose to remain anonymous when giving interviews, etc. I'm not quite sure what about this system suggests that Israel is an Apartheid country.

1 c 2 I am an Israeli and could not conceive being one 3 none of our prime ministers or presidents were atheists I would not elect one 4 a non believer 5 I don't know when we look at the beauty of nature etc how can we not believe

Nobody can answer that simply. If the family is religious and the male or female was raised that way, it may be shocking to them. Other families are more moderate or secular and it may not bother them. Some people may just wish to join a non-Orthodox version of Judaism or they are privately spiritual or just ethnically, culturally Jewish, so they have a different viewpoint. It is a matter of personal choice, like marriage, career matters, divorce, children, travel, living arrangements and so on.

I think a key point is being missed here:

Because Israel is a *democracy* ALL Israelis are able to live, and worship - or not worship! - as they please.

And as 'Boomerang' rightly noted, one can be a Jewish Atheist, because Judaism also involves a complex moral structure that one can embrace. Also, a Jew only becomes an EX Jew IF they adopt ANOTHER FAITH. ***Any*** other faith.

Since at least 80% of so-called "Israelis' are hard-core atheists none of your sub-questions really apply,unless specifically addressed to actual practicing Jews,which would exclude most Zionists.

There's no such thing as "converting to atheism" because atheism is not a religion but rather the rejection of the idea of deities.

Judaism is not only about believing in God, but also contains a great deal of ethics. Some branches in Judaism centralize around the ethics and moral heritage of Judaism, and not around the belief in God.

In other words - it's perfectly acceptable for a Jewish person not to be an atheist.

For the rest of the answer, I'll refer "conversion to atheism" to "a Jewish person who rejects the idea of God".

1 - C

2 - C

3 - Sure

4 - Rational

5 - Because the concept lost most of its purpose in the modern age.

The vast majority of so-called Israelis are atheists or what they euphemistically call "secular Jews". Believe me there is no problem with atheists in the alleged Judenstatte. It was founded by atheists and it has always been governed by atheists. So far as I know they have never elected a practicing Jew as Prime Minister. It is a sad irony that the Holy Land of Christianity and Islam should come under the iron heel of six million Russian atheists.

I don't care what faith it is if you have raised children you have addressed this in your life.

You can lead a friend to learn but you can't force your beliefs on anyone.

Individual choice . Just be there to let God use you when the time comes.

I have never seen any group more interested in shouting out their stand than atheist. For the most part they love to feel superior for having no beliefs at all.

Atheist in politics is old news. I rather have a crooked atheist politician that will give the people what they want than any Muslim at any time.

They don't want to put in the time or energy to learn the differences of opinion and quickly cling to the path of less resistance.

How can you not believe in something you don't know the first thing about?

1. A if they're willing to talk about it, if not I'll leave em alone.

2. C

3. Presidents don't often tell us if they're Atheist or not, we vote for who we think is good for the country.

I would of course prefer a president that isn't an Atheist, after all, he is supposed to be representing the Jewish state.

4. Nothing really.

5. That's something we can discuss for hours.

You're welcome

Edit - 25% of Israelis are NOT Jewish but just to clarify something, Over 80% of Jewish Israelis are NOT atheists! Most of them keep kosher at least to some extent, 99% celebrate Jewish holidays.

Being secular does NOT mean you're an Atheist!

Most of what people consider secular are people who don't keep Shabbes, dress however they want and go clubbing.

Most of these people DO in fact believe God.

They won't keep Shabbes because it's fun to go out Friday night, they won't be 100% kosher(there are many kosher laws that people are not aware about) but they will not have non kosher meat, they will not have cheeseburgers, they WILL celebrate Jewish holidays, they will NOT eat bread on Passover and they WILL fast on Yom Kippur(very few people don't fast on this holiday - wonder why?)

These people are NOT Atheists.

There ARE Atheistic Jewish Israelis, but statistically they are very few. Claiming a secular Jew is an Atheist is like claiming that Muslims that drink alcohol are Atheist.

I don't know about the rest of the middle eats but in Israel they drink and they drink a lot but they will still pray to Allah(God).