Originally Posted by mosburger
The fact that any human has to think about this kind of issue makes me both sad and angry. With consideration to all my Arab friends I would find it fair if citizens of all countries discriminating against Israel and anyone of Jewish faith would be banned from entering the European Union/ETA and the USA/NAFTA countries. If a deal could be worked out with China/Japan/Korea too, it would present a good lobbying tool to reverse this kind of fascist policies. And let's fund R&D on fusion energy for this reason too.
I agree fully on the religious discrimination front and the energy substitution needs. However, countries discriminating based on citizenship in the immigration process concerns me far less than discrimination based on religion. Even here in the US, we discriminate based on nationality all the time in the immigration process. We even engage in religious discrimination in the immigration process.
For what it's worth or not worth, I know plenty of jewish people who stated such on their visa applications when applying for visas (there and elsewhere) and were noted (correctly or incorrectly) by the immigration officials as being jewish. What often (but not always) follows is a delay or an inquiry (passing or otherwise) if one is also an Israeli citizen. If one is, then "Houston, we have a problem" may be an appropriate line if one discloses such. Dual citizen Israeli-Americans are stationed, live and work in Qatar; they just don't do it using their Israeli passport and leave said national affiliation unmentioned and/or deny such.
The irony is that our (US's) closest allies are also amongst the most open practioners of religious discrimination and national hostility.