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by sosomoxie 20 hours ago
Being part of a religion should never be a consideration for immigration.
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okay, but that is not the world that you live in. Many countries are religious and use religion to decide immigration.
I'm replying to a comment that says Muslims have equal rights to Jews in Israel and pointing out that is 100% incorrect. That is the world that we live in, the world where Israel is an apartheid state.
Israeli Muslims have equal rights to Israeli Jews in Israel.

The 2 billion non-Israeli Muslims don’t have rights in Israel because they are not citizens. And they don’t need a “right of return” because they already have 50 Muslim countries - many of which have been ethnically cleansed of Jews and currently do not allow Jews to enter.

> Israeli Muslims have equal rights to Israeli Jews in Israel.

I just posted one of many laws that are explicitly in favor of Jews and exclude Muslims (and everyone else).

Yes, Israeli immigration law positively discriminates for Jews.

That in no way affects the rights of Israeli Muslims.

You are lying about “many other laws”. Arabs also don’t have to join the IDF if they don’t want to. Anything else?

Again, "positively discriminates for Jews" is the definition of apartheid. I posted a link with many other apartheid laws. You're not arguing in good faith, so this will be the end of our conversation.
Judaism isn't just a religion; Israel happily accepts non-religious Jews. The goal was to solve a massive refugee problem for a persecuted group with nowhere else to go.

In any case, as a sovereign state, Israel gets to decide on its own immigration policy, regardless of how foreigners feel about it.

Judaism is in fact, just a religion. Zionists are not refugees, they are colonists. They didn’t need to “go” anywhere and regardless of need, never had the right to set foot in Palestine.

> regardless of how foreigners feel about it.

Without the US, Israel will cease to exist. It’s my problem to deal with as a US citizen.

> Judaism is in fact, just a religion

Never heard of non-religious Jews or Jewish atheism before?

Those are just variants of the religion. Identifying as Jewish is a conscious decision as is identifying as Catholic or Christian.