Is Israel a free country?

Answer 1

Yes, they are a democratic and capitalist nation with free elections...

Answer 2

No, Israel is not free for America. We give more money to Israel than any other Nation in the World, about three billion a year.
You heard right, THREE BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR!!
It is a annual gift to Israel. What do we get back? Well history shows that Israel spies on use, and Israel does not listen to our recommendations when comes to the Palestinians.
Take for example, Israel's stock pile of Nuclear Munitions, they have not come clean on the issue by not admitting to the world that they do have one of the world's strongest nuclear strike forces, deterrents if you will.
Because Israel has the nuclear weapons, Iran wants the nuclear weapons. Tit for Tat and we are caught in the middle.
It is time to pull away from Israel so we can deal with Israel, the Arabs and The Persians on equal footing.
We must treat the Middle Eastern Countries fairly and evenly and ask the same from both sides. If not for them, then for us.

Answer 3

Israel seems to be free to do what ever they, massacring Arabs with impunity. The United States on the otherhand is being blackmailed by them to look the other way at their atrocities.

For $3 billion per year, I personally think they should be accountable to the American people, but seeing as jews also control the media, that would be impossible.

Answer 4

Yes, they're the only true democracy in that region, which is one of the reasons the other 22 countries around it want to anihilate it. They have a problem with people being allowed to say whatever the heck they want to say without being threatened with decapitation.
Heck, you can even wear your beard long, short or shave it all in Israel as opposed to Arab countries where you can get killed for trimming your beard too much.

Answer 5

The State of Israel (Hebrew: מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל (help·info); Medinat Yisra'el; Arabic: دَوْلَةْ إِسْرَائِيل‎, Dawlat Isrā'Ä«l) is a country in Western Asia on the southeastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. It is a parliamentary democracy and the world's only Jewish state.Israel has not completed a written constitution. Its government functions according to the laws of the Knesset, especially the "Basic Laws of Israel" (currently there are 14). These are slated to become the foundation of a future official constitution. In mid-2003, the Knesset's Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee began drafting an official constitution. The effort is still underway as of early 2006. [5]

Israel's legal system mixes influences from Anglo-American, Continental and Jewish law, as well as the declaration of the State of Israel.

As in Anglo-American law, the Israeli legal system is based on the principle of stare decisis (precedent). It is an adversarial system, not an inquisitorial one, in the sense that the parties (for example, plaintiff and defendant) are the ones that bring the evidence before the court. The court does not conduct any independent investigation on the case.

As in Continental legal systems, the jury system was not adopted in Israel. Court cases are decided by professional judges. Additional Continental Law influences can be found in the fact that several major Israeli statutes (such as the Contract Law) are based on Civil Law principles. Israeli statute body is not comprised of Codes, but of individual statutes. However, a Civil Code draft has been completed recently, and is planned to become a bill.

Religious tribunals (Jewish, Sharia'a, Druze and Christian) have exclusive jurisdiction on annulment of marriages.

According to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, at the end of 2004, 76.2% of Israelis were Jews by religion (Judaism), 16.1% were Muslims, 2.1% Christian, 1.6% Druze and the remaining 3.9% (including Russian immigrants and some ethnic Jews) were not classified by religion. [8]

Roughly 12% of Israeli Jews defined as haredim (ultra-orthodox religious); an additional 9% are "religious"; 35% consider themselves "traditionalists" (not strictly adhering to Jewish Halakha); and 43% are "secular" (termed "hiloni"). Among the seculars, 53% believe in God. However, 78% of all Israelis participate in a Passover seder. [11]

Israelis tend not to align themselves with a movement of Judaism (such as Reform Judaism or Conservative Judaism) but instead tend to define their religious affiliation by degree of their religious practice.

Among Arab Israelis, 82.6% were Muslim, 8.8% were Christian and 8.4% were Druze. [8]

See also: Holidays and events in Israel
The Baha'i world centre, which includes the Universal House of Justice, in Haifa attracts pilgrimage from all over the world. [12] Apart from a few hundred staff, Baha'is do not live in Israel.

Answer 6

Free is loose term. Israel depends on US and US depends on Israel.

Answer 7

Yes.

Answer 8

Uh, it is it's own nation. Some would debate whether it is "free".

Answer 9

They have deomcraticly elected leaders, if that's what you mean.

Answer 10

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