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Ludovica Di Veroli

The ‘We dont need you here’ mentality

The stubbornness of those who do not accept any constructive critical thought has always invaded the sleeping minds of Israelis. If I write this Blog, it is not to spit in the plate where I feed myself, but because so much (good) could be done, but out of pure ignorance it is not done. In fact, it is done worse. And to the worse, another pinch of worse is always added, because we know that there is no end to the worst. One thinks that there is no further than that, instead every morning we wake up and discover that another ingredient of horror has been added to this dish of madness.

Now that the phase of disbelief has passed, I have begun to feel an apparent calm (perhaps also the fruit of resignation), so I have been able to allow myself the luxury of looking around. Among the various scenarios that have revealed themselves to me, there is the disastrous situation of the Aliyot, or, the immigration of the Jews towards the Promised Land (that’s how they sell it to you). It has always been a great marketing operation that has made the Jews of the Diaspora believe that here there was a home for everyone.

I still remember the first time I set foot in Israel as a New Immigrant. At Ben Gurion Airport there was a person holding a giant sign with the words “Welcome Home” in English. It took only a few days to understand that the real purpose of the aliyot is to suck as much nectar as possible from the new immigrants. Miraculously, English disappears from the dictionary. Nobody WANTS to speak English, at most they will allow you to speak Russian. So if you have to open a bank account, get a phone SIM card, take out insurance, you find yourself faced with a platoon of people who make no effort to understand you and therefore gain an important advantage.

Not to mention the rent issue and the status of the “Bal a Bait” ​​or the pretentious landlords, who demands 12 deferred checks per month, cash deposit, other guarantee, and then disappears (or worse, kicks you out) if you call him to fix a pipe. Shacks dating back to the 60s proced like gold, bullying and screaming to no end, until you get scared and have to, at your own expense, call a lawyer who can’t do much, given that the laws in Israel are dictated by those who have more money than you, by those who are more powerful than you, by those who have been here longer than you. That’s how it is. And there’s nothing you can do about it. Of the many people who arrived in Israel, just as many ran away, traumatized by the attitude of omnipotence typical of weak people, who make their Status their only motivation in life. They have bleach inside them instead of blood, and they never miss an opportunity to shoot it in your face if you dare dial their phone number.

This is why there is no room for dialogue, you can do it with those few, very few people who have been through what i have been through, and who therefore understand. Despite this, for every person who ran away at full speed, another five hundred used to arrive, in blocks of six months, especially from Eastern European countries and France. So, for the “local” people, over the years this belief has developed: you are not happy here? Well, go away, we do not need you here (after all, there are a thousand more arriving soon).

Since October 7, this continuous human trafficking to be brought in, emptied of their pockets, and then made to run away has suddenly stopped. Even the most motivated to stay had the final enlightenment to say to themselves “but who the hell makes me do it!” and off they go, they return to their native country: USA, Ukraine, Russia, Greece. Actually, to tell the truth I have noticed much more. Namely, the race for the ancestor. Some of my “local” friends, those who until recently declared with the usual arrogance “you don’t like it here? Go, we don’t need you here“, now magically they look for the Hungarian, Tripoli, Polish ancestor, because if things go badly, you need another passport that guarantees them further citizenship.

“But how?”, I replied when Yehuda told me about his race to quickly obtain his Romanian passport “were you not the one who said that you, as local, are more than enough in this country?”

Today the country is at a standstill. It is at a standstill because obviously no one is coming anymore. Rents have frozen. The offices are half empty because most of the men are in the army. Food prices have skyrocketed. But above all, people are leaving. The little nectar that was there to suck is packing up. And yet that even more senseless attitude of omnipotence continues undaunted.

So I ask myself: what if Israel stopped treating New Immigrants like fresh meat to be defrauded? What if instead a minimum of gratitude was shown to those who, despite the difficulties of the moment, still want to try without the fear of being robbed or, worse still, treated like idiots? Or again: if a New Immigrant really reads the “Welcome Home” sign at Ben Gurion Airport, why does he immediately have the mathematical certainty that he has fallen into a trap from which it will be difficult to escape? And finally, why not admit that we need people who come? Why this infinite ego that only brings trouble?

Why commit harakiri when the will on the other side is there?

What is wrong with the Israelis’ minds?

It is not true that you do not need us. We, New Immigrants, the few remaining, are one of the very few hopes of this place. Change your attitude, because you DO need us here.

About the Author
Ludovica Di Veroli is 41 years old. She graduated with a degree in Chinese language and is currently studying Psychology. She works as a medical event and congress organizer. She has been living in Israel with olah status since 2017.