Secular Jews who have issues with the religion into which they were born, and other family conflicts related to rebellious inclinations, make up the majority of the protestors that seem bent on self-immolation and other destructive behavior. These are not self-respecting children of the proud heritage that has maintained the Hebrew traditions stretching back for millennia, but a travesty beholden to hedonism and mockery, the very sort of folk that were subject to divine retribution at Sodom and Gomorrah.
It is not nice to test the Wrath of God.
Until proven otherwise, the protesters are "claiming to be" Jewish. Color me skeptical.