Israel is a refuge for Jews from around the world

Israel is a refuge for Jews from around the world. It is the ONLY country that has consistently taken in oppressed Jews from other countries. In this way Israel is similar to an Indian reservation - maybe not the greatest and best place for Jews, but better than no place at all.

• Before and during WWII, Israel was a beacon for Jews and a place where they could go for help and refuge. 
• Jews had lived in Israel for thousands of years and so it was logical that after WWII the country of Israel was formally recognized through the U.N.
• In 1967 Israel was attacked by the surrounding Arab countries of the Middle East - angry because of the establishment of a Jewish state in their area. Two large movements of people resulted from this war: 650,000 Palestinians left Israel and 850,000 Jews were expelled from their Arab homelands. The Jews were taken in by Israel and the Palestinians were placed in refugee camps by the Arab countries.
• Keeping the Palestinians displaced serves the interests of the Arab states well in that the Palestinian situation has become a festering sore to Israel.
• The BDS movement seeks to hold ONLY Israel responsible to solve the problem of the displaced Palestinians - they never talk about the Arab countries' responsibility to take the Palestinians in to their countries. BDS proponents ask for the Palestinian's "right to return" to Israel. They never talk about the "right to return" for the Jews who were expelled from their Arab homelands. The BDS proponents know that if the 650,000 Palestinians return to Israel now, their sheer numbers (now grown to 5 million) will overwhelm the Jewish population of Israel - thereby robbing Jews of their place of refuge.