Consider a virtual state, that is a member of EU, NATO, UN, INTERPOL, etc. – it allows the citizen to live, work and study all over the EU, it has embassies, schools and culture centers, maybe even prisons, hospitals and elderly houses, but it lacks sovereign land. Like any EU citizen out of their nation country, the virtual state citizens live the life of a privileged expat. The taxes are paid generally to the host state, according to the international agreements, though the social and health insurance are EU wide.

The twist is that the citizenship criteria will match the immigration criteria of the state of Israel – a Jew grandparent by blood or religion.

Why the EU needs it? Population wise it is not the worst of immigration criteria. It also makes sense in terms of historical justice. But most importantly it provides a morally justified alternative over supporting Israel. EU would be able to raise economic sanctions or cut diplomatic ties with Israel without the accusations in antisemitism. Not necessarily should, but it could. Maybe that alone would promote the resolution of the Israeli Palestinian conflict.

Why do the Jews need it? Mostly because the Jewish question never got a satisfactory answer. For a short period of time it looked like it did, but it does not seem that the compulsory Palestinian exile of 1948 is going to heal anytime soon. Establishing a virtual Jewish state grants the individuals protection on the EU level – as long as the union exists, no single state will be able to harm the Jews. Mechanisms of naturalization can be designed for the case of a Brexit. Of course it is not a 100% insurance, but what is – not a national state in a conflict zone, apparently.