Since when do you take unbelieving Jews, and atheists opinion concerning what you believe about Israel...or anything else for that matter?
I have no doubt that you must interpret 'Israel', when spoken of in the New Testament, as now being the Church. Do you? If so, why?
Stranger
Jews are in fact not a race, they are a people who believe in a religion only.
The religion came from the Semitic race of peoples, just as Islam did as well.
The Hebrews are a separated people from all others, you would know this if you know history or the OT or the NT.
The Hebrews did not let others into there tribe, that's all others regardless if they were Semitic or other wise, because they had there stupid foolish idols etc, so they were not to be accepted into their tribe because such would be like a cancer and only work to destroy the tribe of Gods people.
In the Hebrew tribe people were banished if they did not cut it and such was done to keep the tribe healthy and strong.
So there you go it's not race thing at all but a religious one and such it has to do with following God, end of story.
Anyone who thinks that it's all about some race is a fool not to mention a stupid foolish racist twat and if you are a Christian one would know that everything comes from God, not from man, it's was the Holy Spirit that the Hebrews were all about and followed, but Satan was at work and when the Hebrews failed it was always to do with them loosing there way because they turned there back on God, the same is going on now with Christianity, it is failing because they do not look to Jesus Christ at all.
There are believing dedicated Jews still around nowadays who are true to the OT and they know there religion better than anyone and they are not atheist at all, they only have not come to understand that Jesus is the Christ. but you may learn from such people you know, they are not stupid they know the OT and they know that the Zionist and the Talmud is of Satan and they know that the so called Star the Zionist put on the flag is Satanic as well. not to mention that if Christians had studied there bible they would know what that Star represents.
Israel is the servants of God, they serve God only, be it OT or NT, in the NT it's the ones who are Born Again of the Holy Spirit and the water baptised are a people of God, so it's much like the tribe of Judah was.
The only Jews nowadays that are worthy are the ones who are true to Holy Moses, that will come to see who Jesus Christ truly is in time, it's biblical, that Holy Moses said that a true Israelite will know who he is, just as Nathaniel did and Jesus confirms this fact.
Nowadays people are looking to a race ! for Salvation, ha ha how pathetic and stupid can one be, the Hebrews race meant jack in fact, it was the Holy Spirit that they seek, not man at all. Jesus cam and he was a Hebrew and all, now what did they do to him bro ? they thought him a man, but they were lead astray by man, because they did not know that he was Emmanuel God with us sent by God, who also sent his prophets and who killed the prophets ? it was cunning men doing the works of man, leading all astray, this mob had taken over Gods Vineyard and God sent his Son to vomit such out of that land. we have Jesus Christ Servants who brought about Christianity they were all Jews back in the beginning with Jesus you know and when one become a Christian you are not a Jew anymore are you ? one may be a Hebrew Christian or a black Christian or what ever race you are but when one truly becomes a Christian you race does not trump that, because it's can't because we are all one in Christ Jesus and he is truly our Lord and saviour and if one was to put his race above such he is not a Christian at all.
A true Christian does not idolise people and they do not have idols.