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Originally Posted by Fuzz
I think it's understandable in some ways that they want that, though. Take, for example, this person who posted on Reddit:
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I read that and think they make some good points. I have zero ties to Israel, yet given my Jewish ancestry could claim a lot more rights there than this person who has ties to the land.
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Every nation, including Canada, has rules for which people with which passports require a visa and how difficult it is to get that visa. On the surface, it's unfair and superficially racist, but Canada requires visas for people from certain countries and not from others. Check this wealthy/whites-only list for who can get in easily:
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration...s-country.html
It's understandable that someone would *want* to visit their ancestral homeland - I have done the same thing - making trips back to where ancestors once lived just to see where they came from.
Despite that poster's desire to visit, the reality of the security risk is very different between a Canadian with no regional attachment going to Israel (3-month visa on arrival provided my passport is valid for 6 months) versus someone who lived their whole life in Syria or Lebanon or Gaza.
That's all notwithstanding that the demand is not to visit Israel, but the right to return permanently.