Discussion on Israeli Identity and Citizenship

Ashi Golden and Lucy Aharish traveled to the capital of coexistence, namely Jaffa, to speak with

a representative of an Arab party who stresses that she isn't Israeli.

I'm not Israeli, I live in Israel.

You're not Israeli?

No.

Irony. In short, the exchange in the background quickly flared up when another citizen who isn't

Israeli called Shay Golden an occupier.

Why did you conquer this place? Go ask your grandfather.

You have the face of an occupier.

And another citizen who isn't Israeli told him to shut up.

Sit down and shut up.

Now everything's fine. Shay Golden, a man with backbone and values,

hurried to defend the national honor

with the winning argument.

The UN gave me a state.

Way to go, Shay. We're here only because the UN gave us a state.

Not because we're the eternal people, because the Land of Israel is our ancestral land, promised to us

by the God of Israel.

Not because all our history is buried deep in this soil, not because for 2,000 years of

exile we prayed and dreamed of returning to Zion. Not because they tried to erase our memory,

the Egyptians, the Amalekites, the Philistines, the Persians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Nazis,

The Arabs. And time after time, we rise up and fight for our land

and for our Judaism.

Not because we swear, "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem," nor because for generations, Jewish fighters

have shed their blood for this land. No. We're just pathetic little Jews.

The UN wanted to give us a state. We had no choice, so we agreed.

Did I conquer?

Did I conquer? Absolutely not. So, Shay, thank you very much,

truly, for a wonderful demonstration of what a consciousness of Hellenization looks like.

What a person looks like who thinks that only by hiding his right to the land and his Jewish pride

will he be saved. Shay, listen to these people.

No matter what you say, because as far as they're concerned,

you don't get to decide here. Not its borders. Not what

we'll say here. You sit there and shut up.

So come here for a moment, Shay, let me help you. Arab citizens of Israel, listen to me carefully.

If you declare yourselves non-Israeli, I certainly won't convince you to be Israeli.

In any case, you're more of a burden than a benefit. You're welcome to hand in your identity cards

And your passports, and free us from your gratitude.

This country is a Jewish state. Even when your grandfather lived here, he sat on

Jewish land. We came back home. Whoever wants to live here

will recognize a Jewish state, enjoy its rights, and do their share of its duties.

And if this arrangement doesn't suit you, there are enough dictatorial Muslim states of

people like you. There is no freedom of speech, certainly not without a hijab on your head, that you can go

to.

Freedom of expression here has gone too much to your heads. Please, Shay.

This is how proud Jews do it.