I received Polish citizenship papers and a passport without actually traveling to Poland, there was no interview or anything either. They just needed the long-form of my birth certificate translated into Polish, that was the only minor complication. That’s basically automatic citizenship, isn’t it?
There is one logical reason to single out Israel, and it is the fact that the US is sending them billions in aid every year plus engaging in military conflicts that Netanyahu and friends are pushing for. If there were a bunch of Saudi Arabians in congress it would be the same thing. But anything beyond that, including lists of supposed Israelis serving in congress is pure disinformation. And as I said earlier, this is a debate that was spurred by disinformation and the real question that voters need to be asking is whether they want dual citizens of any other country, including Japan, to decide government policies.
There are some dumb Jew haters who want others to join them, and there’s this:
“The anti-Semites will become our most dependable friends, the anti-Semitic countries our allies.”
-Theodor Herzl
Saudi Arabian is a nationality while being Jewish is a religious and/or ethnic (some might say racial) designation. So yes, if there were Saudis in Congress it would be a problem.
Israeli is a nationality, just like Saudi Arabian.
Here’s the thing, I don’t live in the US and if Americans want Israelis or those of other nationalities to dictate policies and laws then that’s not really my problem, is it? We have the same law here in Canada that members of legislature are not required to reveal citizenship in other countries, and some people here see that as cause for concern. Not just because of Israelis, but citizens of other potentially hostile countries such as Iran, Afghanistan, and Lebanon. I just think that you should have the right to know who these people are that are deciding government policy.
But you are referring to Jewish congressmen. You also refer to potential dual citizenship. If you weren’t a retard you would realize that a large number of Americans have the potential to claim citizenship in a foreign nation. But it was only a problem after you read an internet fake news post about Jews.
You are full of shit and a coward. Own your antisemitism.
Yes. Many Eastern European countries have such laws, enabling dual citizenship as a way to attract their diaspora living in Western Europe, US & Canada.
There were even instances of US and Canadian citizens holding ministerial positions in Eastern European countries of their ethnic origin. My prime minister was a Canadian dude from fucking Hamilton ON.
For example, many EU countries are handing out their passports to Venezuelans with sought-after university degrees who can find some strenuous family link to the country in question, a grandparent or something similar.
However, the State of Israel is not one of those countries and does not hand out citizenship to Jews in the diaspora, which nullifies your entire argument.
Your problem is that you can’t come up with a coherent argument so all you can do is call me names and take statements out of context to come up with some bullshit accusations. You behave like a little kid.
Explain why one is a problem and not the other, taking into account the fact that some may be Israeli citizens and both countries are US allies. Or do you only know how to call people names when they disagree with you?
Still holding out that these guys are liberals. NPR mistakenly made the dual-citizenship claim against Bernie Sanders and made this whole rumor go mainstream. (NPR subsequently retracted and apologized.).
I looked at the various sources and it looks like they just took a list of Jewish people in Congress and called them Israeli. A couple of the supposed Congressmen are dead.
There ARE a handful of dual citizen Congressmen around, about a dozen, none from Israel that I could tell. I think that Asian Senator from Hawaii (the really dumb and racist/sexist one) has Japanese/American citizenship, but it’s not clear. Mixed bag of people, from all over. Mainly Africa and South American counties.
I’m too busy and don’t care enough to go through the list of Jewish people and see who might hold dual citizenship with Israel.
And for the record, I hold dual citizenship because both my parents were (are) Americans — and I was born, raised, and served in the military of Israel. So I get to pay taxes in two countries! Not sure anyone would do that on purpose. It’s expensive and a huge hassle.
Actually, on that point, since Israel has a draft for men and women, probably the way to check if this is true is search for Congressman who served in the IDF. I bet the answer is “zero”.
You are a fool. If you think that is an acceptable answer to the question then it must mean that you either have trouble reading or don’t want to answer the question because you can’t.
You can keep typing all sorts of little insults to boost your self esteem, which is understandably low, or you can actually read and understand what I said in previous posts and answer it. Trying to deflect from the fact that you can’t come up with an argument that doesn’t make you look like a moron and a hypocrite might make you feel better about yourself, but it makes you look foolish, immature, and lacking intelligence.
Thank you for actually making sense of this situation here.
There are even sites claiming that 89% of congress is Jewish. Is the Knesset even 89% Jewish? It’s disinformation, that much is certain, and as it has been said, if you repeat a lie enough times then people will believe it is true. That is what happened here.
If they were past a certain age when they received citizenship then would they not be exempt from the draft?