The dilemma Israel is facing is more complex than fences and image. Several African migrants are stuck between two fences along the Israel-Egypt border, and there are no good solutions. Some solutions, such as the one that was reached on Thursday (Israel allowed entrance to two Eritrean women and a boy), are temporary and can buy the government a few hours or days.

The laws of nature dictate that the poor will seek wealth and that undeveloped countries will ‘export’ migrants to other, stronger countries. Mexicans still seek gold and opportunities in prosperous America, and Africans seek work in Israel.

Israel is flourishing in comparison to the rest of the region’s nations. The migrants come here because they can. When there are obstacles and fences, they find other ways of reaching their destination. Thousands of people have died while trying to infiltrate into the US, tens of thousands have been deported, and still many manage to illegally cross the border and stay there. The reality dictates rigidity.

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