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Nothing to do with religion. It's only three land border crossings away, no need to cross the Mediterranean like you would if you went to Europe. Not quite as
by azernik 8y ago
Nothing to do with religion. It's only three land border crossings away, no need to cross the Mediterranean like you would if you went to Europe.
Not quite as nice as Germany or Sweden, but much safer to get to.
- benj111 8y agoPerhaps. If you could get to Israel could you not get to southern Europe? If I were a Muslim, I know where I'd be avoiding.
- azernik 8y agoPaying a smuggler to get you across the Mediterranean is expensive, the death rate is high, and many of the transit countries like Libya you'd end up waiting in are seriously dangerous for foreigners who don't have the protection of a great power. Regarding the undesirability of ending up in Israel - Israeli discrimination is mostly based on ethnicity, not on religion. Christian Palestinians with Israeli citizenship, though economically well-off, are treated by the state as security threats in a way that Muslim Eritreans aren't.