Open Borders For Israel

A screenshot of a forum post with text that reads '>force multiculturalism on Canada. Open borders for you but not Israel'.

"Open borders for Israel" is a meme used by white nationalists and other adherents to antisemitic ideologies to promote conspiracy theories alleging that Jews and/or Israel are forcing Western countries to open their borders to immigrants. The meme accepts the premise of this conspiracy theory, and calls into question a perceived hypocrisy based on an understanding of Israel's own immigration policy as more restrictive than what is allegedly forced onto Western nations.

In recent years, the meme has become a rallying cry for antisemites, and was even heard as a chant during the deadly 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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