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The missing piece between these two is "it's just not safe for Jews in Europe or America or anywhere else". That's why any and all mass attacks on Jews feed in to the strategy-of-tension behind this thought process.
It doesn't matter what the actual risks/rates are, because it's also largely a case of the grass being greener on the other side, and the more familiar risks being more real. Most Zionist Jews in America have no idea what it's like to have to take cover in a bomb shelter, so they overestimate how comfortable they would be doing that, and by the time they become settlers, there is a sort of escalation of commitment in being Israeli.
Ethnonationalism is one helluva drug.
i suppose there is some distinction for the zionist jews that have been conditioned to be fearful of "free parking" signs, because they thought they said "free palestine", and the more reasonable fatigue of being a minority in a plural society. whereas, behind the walls of the entity, they imagine they won't be subject to any microaggressions out in public.
its just dumb AF to me. being perceived as an outsider/other blows but unless it rises to the level of open lynching, I can't imagine going somewhere and hearing shelling or being directed underground periodically.