@asbestos@toot.community My ethnic background is yours (though I'd call myself agnostic rather than atheist). I'd not exist but for the State of Israel. But there is no space humans can retreat to for safety. Our collective history makes the desire understandable, but we share a world, and no social fiction, no border, no state, can prevent violence if we do not mutually agree with others to enforce and give effect to that fiction. Peace can never be unilateral. There is no exit.