Because you are incapable of discerning who is and is not a mental midget based on your own limitations.
I did not make the definition. Here is another:
Oxford English Dictionary
Ethnic
a[djective]
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2.a. Pertaining to race; peculiar to a race or nation; ethnological. Also, pertaining to or having common racial, cultural, religious, or linguistic characteristics, esp. designating a racial or other group within a larger system; hence (U.S. colloq.), foreign, exotic.
b ethnic minority (group), a group of people differentiated from the rest of the community by racial origins or cultural background, and usu. claiming or enjoying official recognition of their group identity. Also attrib.
n[oun]
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3 A member of an ethnic group or minority. orig. U.S.
Oxford English Dictionary "ethnic, a. and n."[23]
Unlike Lutherans, Jews also defined themselves through matrilineal heritage. Unlike your condo association members - Jews do share a distinctive culture, religion and even language.
You can't have it both ways - you can't define yourself as an ethnic group for the purposes of minority protections against discrimmination on the one hand yet claim not be an ethnic group for the purposes of denying those same protections to another group by trying to claim they are all the same.
It amazes me the lengths you will go to defend a system that is inherently wrong.
Wow what an ignoramus you are. But we knew that already.
It doesn't matter whether you wrote the definition or not. You are the one quoting it to bolster your case. You are responsible for it. And it fails.
Israelis do not define themselves through matrilineal descent. The Law of Return allows anyone with a Jewish grandparent to become a citizen. That isn't Judaism. And I already pointed out that Ethiopian Israelis, Yemenite Israelis, American Israelis and FSU Israelis hardly share the same language, customs, foods or any other marker of an ethnic group.
The system (whatever that means) is not inherently wrong. It is only wrong to morons like you who want to see every conflict as a replay of some other conflict they may or may not understand.
You are hilarious. And stupid. But I'll forgive you that and assume it's only willful arrogance from a pretend Rabbi.
We were not talking about Israeli's as an "ethnic group". We were talking about Jews as an "ethnic group". Nothing you said changes anything thus far nor does it change the status Jews as an ethnic group and the non-Jewish Arab-Israeli as a seperate ethnic group.
Even if we go with your claim - notice that Israeli's still require some form of blood relation.
Keep moving those goalposts. Eventually you'll get it right.
Your claim is that Israel is an ethno-tyrrany or whatever you call it. I merely point out that "Israeli" refers to a nationality. There is nothing ethnic about it.
So "Israelis" have more rights in Israel than non-Israelis. Big furry deal. Every nation accords more rights to its own citizens than to non citizens.
You can spin it, slice it, dice it any way you want. But the more you do that,the more ignorant and foolish you look.