The "Selective" Border Policy
It’s fascinating, isn't it? Apparently, the "Open Borders" policy has a very specific, Jews-only "Terms and Conditions" apply. If nobody is illegal, how can a specific group of people be deemed "illegal" in the very land where their history, language, and archeology are rooted? You can’t argue that borders shouldn't exist while simultaneously trying to evict a nation based on a border you just said shouldn't be there.
A Sanctuary for the "Excluded"
While the protesters point fingers at Israel for being "colonialist," they conveniently ignore the reality of the neighborhood. Israel is the only place in the Middle East where:
The Baha'i - persecuted to the point of erasure in Iran - have their world center.
The Druze hold high-ranking positions in government and the military.
Christians, Samaritans, and Muslims live, vote, and practice their faith without the fear of state-sponsored ethnic cleansing.
Meanwhile, in many neighboring regimes and within Palestinian-controlled territories, the "tolerance" is nowhere to be found. Jews are effectively barred from entry, and minorities like the Kurds, Yazidis, and Assyrians have faced systematic violence and displacement. Let’s not even start on the status of women’s rights or the LGBTQ+ community in those regions - the very groups often represented in these protests.
The Bottom Line
If you believe that "No Human is Illegal," then that principle has to be universal. You don't get to demand the dissolution of borders while calling for the ethnic purging of a specific group from their ancestral home.
If the goal is truly a world where everyone can live in peace regardless of where they were born, perhaps start by supporting the one country in the region that actually functions as a multi-ethnic, multi-religious democracy. Anything else isn't "activism" - it’s just a contradiction in a colorful font.
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