New data has revealed the behind-the-scenes ideas proposed by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak during meetings held approximately 13 years ago with Jeffrey Epstein and former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. Barak's proposals at the time were not limited to what he called the 'demographic problem' concerning Arab citizens, but extended to a sharp desire to change the demographic composition of Jews themselves within the country. Barak harshly criticized the state's founders, considering them not 'selective' enough when they brought Jews from North African and Arab countries during the early days of establishment.
According to what was published, Barak sought to correct what he saw as a 'structural flaw' by bringing in one million immigrants from Russia, emphasizing that they must be white-skinned, even if their origins were not Jewish. To achieve this goal, Barak proposed breaking the Chief Rabbinate's monopoly on marriage, burial, and conversion files, to facilitate the integration of these immigrants into Israeli society. This vision reveals criteria based on 'immigrant quality' according to racial and health considerations, including physical fitness and intelligence level, in line with the concept of the 'chosen people' who accept only the chosen from other nations.
These statements reopen the debate about the nature of Zionism as a European product that tried to separate itself from its Eastern surroundings. Historical studies indicate systematic discrimination practiced against Mizrahi Jews from the very first moments of the state's establishment. While immigrants from Arab countries were seen as a tool to solve the European minority's crisis, they were denied property rights and equal housing compared to Ashkenazim. Barak's thinking of transforming Israel into a 'white state' threatens the legitimacy of its existence as a refuge for all Jews worldwide, and turns it into an entity based on racial and class segregation.
In light of the current reality, observers believe that the 'villa in the jungle' mentality promoted by Barak has transformed into an internal conflict threatening the cohesion of Israeli society. A state that ignores its Arab citizens and leaves them to face crime and organized terrorism betrays its legal essence and descends into a state of chaos. Linking the control over Arabs with the control over Jews themselves based on skin color or ethnic origin puts Israel before a fateful question about its identity: Is it a state of law for all its citizens, or merely a settlement project that sanctifies the white race?
The chosen people accept only the chosen from other nations; this is how Barak summarized his vision for immigrant quality.
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Unveiling Ehud Barak's Old Plans: Replacing Jews from Arab Countries with 'White Immigrants'