The entire time Jews lived in Europe they were considered foreigners native to the Middle East and not true Europeans. It was taken for granted that they were part of the same people as Mizrachi Jews. Now that their descendants live in Israel, people are like: "No, don't live there, you're Europeans, come back to Europe, we won't genocide you this time, we promise."

@benkap Also, come live here so we have local Jews we can protest against whenever we're upset about another country, even though by living here that country is one step closer to River to sea, al arabiya.

It is so exhausting.

@emmaaum It is very ironic that many of the same people who say Jews don't belong in Israel are also the ones who are making diasporic Jews feel so unsafe in the countries that they are living in.

@benkap @emmaaum

Yep. Those folks have done more for actual Zionism (as opposed to the bogeyman they’ve made it into) than years of Israeli diaspora directed programs and encouragement by Israel to make Aliyah.