Exclusively in the new print issue of CounterPunch Immigration
(for Jews), Israeli Style  The Promised Land   When it comes to
immigration, the pro-labor camp finds itself in an awkward
position. How can it choose between workers who are citizens and
workers who are not? But Israel, which, like this country, is
also a country of immigrants, has shown that immigration does
not have to involve a choice. On the contrary, good policies
immigration can be an asset that benefits all members in
society, new immigrants as well as old-timers.  Of course,
Israel’s immigration policies were established for all the wrong
reasons and the goal of these policies remains changing the
racial composition of Israel and the occupied territories. But
it is this very goal that forced Israel to establish policies
that cause all classes of (Jewish) society to support
immigration.  What makes Israel a laboratory for the study of
immigration policies is the size of its immigration. In the
U.S., 39% of the population growth in the year