> Israel isn't perfect, and has its own internal tensions, much like the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and basically every other nation. The level of racism in Is

> Israel isn't perfect, and has its own internal tensions, much like the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and basically every other nation. The level of racism in Israel is unique among Western nations: * 53% of Israelis say Arabs should be encouraged to leave. Only 51% think they deserve equal rights. 46% say that they would not want to live near Arabs [1]. * 52% of Israeli Jews thinks African migrants are "a cancer" [2]. * 96% of Israeli Jews would be uncomfortable with their child marrying a Muslim, 89% say this about a Christian [3] * 72% of all Israeli Jews thinks it is more important to keep Israel a Jewish majority than to keep Israel democratic [4]. [1] https://www.jpost.com/national-news/53-percent-of-israelis-say-arabs-should-be-encouraged-to-leave-197436 https://www.jpost.com/national-news/53-percent-of-israelis-s... [2] https://www.timesofisrael.com/most-israeli-jews-agree-africans-are-a-cancer/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/most-israeli-jews-agree-africa... [3] https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/04/04/religious-groups-in-israel-keep-to-themselves-when-it-comes-to-marriages-and-friendships-2/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/04/04/religious-g... [4] https://www.dohainstitute.org/en/lists/ACRPS-PDFDocumentLibrary/An_Analysis_of_Israeli_public.pdf https://www.dohainstitute.org/en/lists/ACRPS-PDFDocumentLibr... > Trying to use these tensions as a wholesale argument against Israel is like claiming Sweden is an illegitimate country since it's going through social tensions and unrest due to immigration right now. The tell-tale sign of a right-wing bigot is that they use the uninformed "what about Sweden!"-argument. The idea that immigration of brown-skinned people is a threat to their country because, apparently, and unknown to most Swedes, immigration has caused Sweden to collapse.