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Foreign passports are considered insurance. Holders are mostly Ashkenazim (European) children and grandchildren.
Israeli strategic consultant/lecturer Noam Manella says they've "been transformed from being identified with the state into a segment of their own."They're another "population center, like the ultra-Orthodox, the Arabs, and the Russians." Many call themselves "a negligible minority in Israel."
They then ask "What connects me to the country?"
Alienated Israelis say it's "preferable to feel that way in a more comfortable location - one that also offers diverse and interesting possibilities for professional development."
"A young Israeli start-up person can feel more of a kinship with an American counterpart in Silicon Valley than with the neighbor across the hall."
It's because Israel delinked from its people. It happened decades ago. Inequality defines Israeli society.
It shows in military service, religious extremism, sweeping privatizations, prioritized wealth/power/and privilege, neoliberal harshness, and abandonment of ordinary Israelis as well as those most disadvantaged.
Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar says efforts to link Israelis to state policies are wrongheaded.
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