tim
EXPLODED TIM! (Help me!!!)
That could come under threat from within Israel itself. If Israel turns from a country of net Jewish immigration into a country of net Jewish emigration, that spells big trouble. Literally a case of 'Fuck this for a game of soldiers'.
There are 7 million Jews living in Israel, the vast majority of those are not in a position to emigrate not least because there isn't anywhere they could emigrate to. The same is true for the Palestinians there are still camps in neighbouring countries for those driven out in 1948. In most cases they live in miserable conditions denied civil rights in the states they live in, and facing violence as they protest.
Israeli Arabs face the same dilemma. I was talking to a colleague earlier this afternoon who has in-laws (Maronite )on the Israeli side of the border with Lebanon. They hate the situation but they're stuck.