Ted Cruz made a valid point. Where would Middle East Christians do better? In Israel or their current country?
The biggest mistake Israel's great war hero Moishe Dayan made was inviting the Arabs to stay when they were packing up to move out after Israel's rapid conquests of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the 1967 war.
Israel was so concerned about their world image at the time. They should have been more concerned about allowing fifth columnists to remain in their midst.