Is Israel close to Palestine?

According to the Green Line agreed in the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Israel is bordered by Lebanon to the north, the Golan Heights under Syrian sovereignty and the rest of Syria to the northeast, the Palestinian West Bank and Jordan to the east, and by the Palestinian Gaza Strip and Egypt to the southwest.

What form of government does Israel have now?

Parliamentary system
Parliamentary Republic
Israel/the government

What is the dominant language in Israel?

Hebrew
Israel/official languages

Hebrew is the country's official language, and almost the entire population speaks it either as a mother tongue or proficiently as a second language. Its standard form, known as Modern Hebrew, is the main medium of life in Israel.

Is the State of Israel a true democracy?

But the state of Israel that was created did not choose to define itself as a democracy. Today, people are more willing to admit that when David Ben-Gurion was prime minister and Mapai dominated the government, the country functioned in a far from democratic manner.

What are the arguments of those who deny that Israel is a democracy?

Therefore, the question arises as to what the arguments of those who deny that Israel is a democracy are. The analyzes of some publicists who deny that Israel is democratic are based on ad hoc criteria that do not match scientific standards.

Which is the only democracy in the Middle East?

The analyzes of some publicists who deny that Israel is democratic are based on ad hoc criteria that do not match scientific standards. This applies, for example, to Odeh Bisharat (2018), who claims that Jordan, rather than Israel, is the only democracy in the Middle East because "its king is more democratic".

Who is the current Prime Minister of Israel?

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who hosted Benjamin Netanyahu in Sydney last month, has described Israel as Australia's good friend and the Middle East's only democracy. But some critics question whether the country can really call itself a democracy.