Frankeneinstein
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- Dec 7, 2016
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This isn't for you, because I know you don't really care about the list, but for those who are actually interested in knowing the difference between being a Jewish Israeli or a Palestinian Israeli, watch this:
I lived in Israel for eight months, in 2009, and I was constantly asked if I was Jewish by Jewish Israelis. I was honest in the beginning and I would answer, "No. I'm not Jewish". I was living in Cairo as an American expat, working for a well-known, international hotel chain, and after my contract, I went to Israel. The difference in how Israeli Jews treat you when they know you're not Jewish vs when they think you're Jewish is night and day.
So eventually, I would answer the question of whether I'm Jewish or not, with YES. I'm there considering "aliyah" and man what a difference. These Jewish Israelis, before they thought I was Jewish, would freak out when I would tell them that I was living in Egypt and I was now here, visiting Israel. After living in Egypt for three years, going to Israel is like visiting Miami Beach or Ft Lauderdale. That's what Tel Aviv reminds me of. It has a very 1990s, North Miami Beach, Ft Lauderdale vibe to it. It felt like I was back in South Florida, in the USA.
Palestinian Israelis, are at best, second-class citizens. When you're a "goy" and your country identifies itself as a "Jewish State", you're in trouble, because you're always going to be seen as a threat, to the "Jewishness" of the state. If you non-Jews start having too many babies and your population grows faster than that of the Jews, you become a serious threat to the Jewish identity of the state. Palestinians are always under that black cloud, of being seen as "the other" in their land. I met a Christian Palestinian family that took me to an ancient Christian cemetery, that had remains going back to the 2nd century. The father of the family showed me the grave of one of his ancestors that was about 1200 years old.
Just answer the question will ya