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Originally posted by Mojo_PeiPei
Perhaps the fact that they are one of our most important strategic allies. Alot of that aid is in loans, which I don't think they have ever failed to pay back.
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Strategic allies against what?? Islamic countries taking over the world? Islamic countries invading europe?
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"The State of Isreal will be open to the immigration of Jews from all countries of their dispersion; will promote the development of the country for the benefit of all its inhabitants; will be based on the precepts of liberty, justice, and peace taught by the Hebrew Prophets
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- Isreali constitution
something else i found by searching
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In a similar vein, religious and secular Jews fight over street closings that make it more difficult for those wishing to drive on the Jewish Sabbath to reach their destinations, but which promote a "Sabbath atmosphere" in neighborhoods in which the overwhelming number of residents are Sabbath observers. In commenting on these disputes, a retired Israeli judge insists that religion is purely a private matter that should be allowed no public expression.
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Meanwhile, religious courts in Israel have control over personal status issues, such as marriage and divorce, hence, women cannot initiate divorce proceedings. Many women have to live under the status of agunah (a woman who cannot remarry) for months or even years until the husband is pressured into giving a get (a Jewish divorce).
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not true characteristics of a democracy.