Italy is the Italian state. Greece is the Greek state. Israel is the Jewish state. That's how it works. You see, all of those are examples of states that are based on a specific nationality. Israel is exactly the same.
You are wrong....Israel is not exactly the same....Israel defines itself as an ethnic state.....If it defined itself as other states do, it would say it was an 'Israeli-state' but this would of course would mean it was a state for all its citizens......
If you still see a huge difference between Israel and these other states, then consider that all of them have their own repatriation laws as well, giving preferential emigration status to members of their respective diasporas..
True, for some states, but non of them, as far as I am aware, give preferential immigration status to a particular
ethnic group of its diaspora, be it Caucasian-Italians, Jewish-Italians, Arab-Italians or whatever.....
The fact is there is nothing new or wrong with basing a state on a specific nationality and the practice of doing so provides a critical need for many people...
You are right, but now replace 'specific nationality' with 'specific ethnicity' and you will see that your claim that there is nothing new or wrong no longer holds water.....
Printer-friendly format
Email this thread to a friend
Bookmark this thread
(931 posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
