Do the Jews who support open borders for the U.S. also support open borders for Israel?

by philg

Here’s a typical perspective from an American Jewish Democrat:

The guy who gets a paycheck from the Anti-Defamation League wants to fill the United States and other countries “around the world” with any person on Planet Earth who is capable of spinning an asylum yarn, e.g., “I was afraid of my spouse” or “there was a criminal gang in my neighborhood” or “I identify as 2SLGBTQQIA+ and my native country does not support Rainbow Flagism.”

But how is this perspective consistent with the State of Israel continuing as a Jewish state? There are 5.3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza. All of them could make credible asylum claims, e.g., “I am 2SLGBTQQIA+ and Wikipedia says that therefore my situation is ‘precarious’.” (“Gaza, however, still follows the British Mandate Criminal Code Ordinance, No.74 of 1936, which outlaws same-sex acts between men, with the current punishment being up to 10 years in prison.”) Or “I am fearful that the Israeli military will blow up my apartment building in case they suspect that Hamas is using it for offensive purposes.”

Arabs are already 20 percent of Israelis. After the 5 million Palestinians settle in Israel as asylees, plus additional asylum-seekers from other Muslim countries as necessary, the Muslim population will outnumber the Jewish population and Muslim Israelis can vote to establish an Islamic government within Israel, either expelling the Jews or keeping them around as tax-paying Dhimmi.

There must be mental gymnastics that I am missing that enable these migrant-supporting Jews to, without being obvious hypocrites, oppose the migration of Muslims, including Palestinians, into Israel. But I can’t figure out what it would be! If a person says that any Muslim is entitled to cross the U.S. border and apply for asylum, how can he/she/ze/they be opposed to a Muslim crossing the Israeli border and applying for asylum?

In case the above tweet is memory-holed, a screen shot is below. Separately, note that the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society is mentioned. Anger regarding this taxpayer-supported enterprise was cited by Gregory Bowers as his motivation for shooting Jews at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 (“HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people. I can’t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, I’m going in.”). This was predicted years earlier by a friend who is an Orthodox Jew (working class white males in the U.S. becoming Jew-haters as a consequence of HIAS and other prominent Jewish-led efforts to increase low-skill migration into the U.S.).

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9 thoughts on “Do the Jews who support open borders for the U.S. also support open borders for Israel?”

    • It should be noted that Jonathan Greenblatt lives in NY and yet NY is sending immigrants to Canada. Is Jonathan Greenblatt going to stage a protest against NY for sending immigrants to Canada? Why hasn’t he already mobilized to stop this busing of migrant to Canada that’s occurring in his backyard?

    • Jews also control the Middle East and the Arabs too. I say good for them. The Arabs can squash the Jews and Israel if their leaders cared about taking care of their own people. But hey, the “kings” rather keep their people dumb so they say kings, indefinitely.

  3. Hypocrisy has long been the defining characteristic of American Left.

    But thank you for the nice advice on how to shut up a Jewish advocate of allowing “refugees” into US. I’m wondering if there is an equivalent method for WASPs.

  4. Since both Israelis and Arabs are Semitic people, wouldn’t an antisemite wish injury to both?

    But in reality, what tiny fraction does not take sides, but wishes a pox on both houses?

  6. I need to organize my thoughts about this because I have a serious opinion to express, but it will take me a bit more time. It’s a clear and important question, but my answer is a bit complicated.

    In the meantime I’ll relate a funny moment:

    In a past life I worked in the Dean’s office of a law school in a suite of rooms that also included the Business Manager’s office.

    One day the BM walks over to me with a stack of paperwork about six inches high and says:

    BM: “We have to distribute these to all of the faculty in person. Do you think Wednesday will be good to get as many as we can at once?”

    ME: “I don’t think Wednesday is a good idea. It’s a Jewish holiday, I forget which one, but a lot of them won’t be here.”

    BM (whispering): “Oh, Thank God.” [smiles]

    ME: Trying to suppress the laugh.

    • Addendum: The short version is: “Israel and the United States are decoupled in their minds for almost all intents and purposes. They’re totally different.”

      Start from that basic presumption, add a few other things, and there’s my answer.

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