Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Israel's pull, or your push?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/mar/29/israel-immigration-middle-east
More and more British Jews are moving to Israel, this fact is reported 
on by Abe Hayeem. Perhaps, instead of arguing that the reasons 
predominantly middle-class British Jews are moving to Israel are the 
dubious tax benefits given by the Israeli government, he might want to 
look closer to home.
The truth is, I shouldn't be here; or rather, I shouldn't want to be 
here. I also wonder what it is that lead me to move to a country with a 
lower standard of living, bad plumbing, a corrupt political system, 
ineffective police service... to a country which is, in almost every 
way, inferior to the United Kingdom. Yet, here I am, having just 
accepted a job that pays less than half the salary I was paid by my 
previous employer in London, and on the cusp of moving into an apartment 
that is more expensive and smaller than the apartment I lived in in 
London. So, believe me, it wasn't for the financial gain; then why am I 
here?
But then, why too did one million Jews from the former Soviet Union 
leave as soon as they could for a life here? Why have over 100,000 US 
citizens migrated here since the foundation of the state, as well as 
many tens of thousands of Jews from western Europe? All abandoning a 
higher standard of living for the dubious pleasures of living in the 
Middle East.
What is this invisible pull that Israel has? It would have been easier 
to understand 60 years ago why Jews moved to the newly forged state of 
Israel, but why now?
Antisemitism is not particularly prevalent on the streets of Europe, yet 
something is rotten in Europe's capitals when it comes to Jews. Jewish 
communal events and religious festivals have a high level of security 
protection, much greater than I have seen outside a church or mosque. 
Jews feel under threat in your countries that are bastions of culture 
and civility – and you aren't paying any attention.
Does anyone genuinely believe that it is a Zionist pseudo-colonial 
ideology that leads Jews such as myself to come and live in Israel? This 
is not the reason that I have come here, nor is it the reason of anyone 
I know. The existence of Israel is the symptom of the failure of both 
Europe and the Middle East to accept us: the inability of Europe to make 
Jews feel secure and the insistence of Middle Eastern countries that 
their Jews, by and large, depart in the wake of Israel's war of 
independence. It is the continuation of the campaign today that makes 
Jews feel uncomfortable and leave cities like London for Israel, thereby 
strengthening the country even more.
I returned to the UK in 2004, after having served in the Israel Defence 
Forces, to be greeted by the mayor of my city telling me that I am the 
opposite side of the same coin as a suicide bomber; then I got to watch 
a demonstration of thousands of people declare as one that they support 
a group committed to the death of Jews wherever they find them. Do you 
really think that I am going to feel at home in that city?
So, you don't like Israeli policies towards Palestinians because the 
Israeli army is occupying the West Bank? Because it is depriving 
Palestinians of certain human rights and freedom of movement? You also 
dislike Israel because it is moving settlers into the land it has 
occupied since 1967, further removing the likelihood that those lands 
are going to be returned? Guess what – many Israelis, including myself, 
agree with you. But what I can't understand is why, instead of forging 
connections with Israeli groups who are working against the occupation 
of Palestinians, links are forged with people who are far worse than the 
most extreme of Israeli settlers. I can't understand how an ideology 
that hates human rights abuses extends to embracing a group that shows 
scant regard for human rights.
It is right and just that the Israeli occupation of the West Bank should 
be criticised and campaigned against. But the net effect of the 
anti-Israel demonstrations and the boycott, divestment and sanctions 
(BDS) campaign is simply that the suffering of Palestinians continues 
unabated, while the Jews who bear the brunt of the campaigners' 
hostility start packing their bags. As Jews around the world celebrate 
the festival of Passover, more and more will make the last words of the 
Seder night feast "Next year in Jerusalem" a reality – and for these 
reasons, not for the tax breaks of living in a hill in the middle of 
nowhere!

 More and more British Jews are moving to Israel,
EH?

 human rights.
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