Questions relating to the government or the politics of the State of Israel.
The State of Israel is a country in the middle-east. Israel has a unicameral legislature which is called the Knesset.
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Which Israeli city is recognized by other countries as its capital?
I'm not interested in the official Israeli view, which is Jerusalem.
Do other countries have an official stance on which city they recognize as Israel's capital?
As a side question, does the Palestinian Authority recognize Jerusalem as Israel's…
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Why did Israel exchange in the past several hundred prisoners in exchange for a few Israeli hostages?
The Jibril Agreement (Arabic: اتفاقية جبريل, romanized: Ittifāqīyat
Jibrīl) or "Jibril Deal" (Hebrew: עסקת ג'יבריל, romanized: Iskat
Jibril) was a prisoner exchange deal which took place on May 21, 1985
between the Israeli government, then headed…
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How fair are the charges against Netanyahu, as per the opinion of independent third-party observers?
Netanyahu has been investigated by the police since 2006 and is currently undergoing trial where he is charged for "bribery, fraud, and breach of trust by him and close political allies within his inner circle during his fourth and fifth terms as…
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What's the issue with Israeli Finance Ministry using the term "netto"?
I ran acorss a piece of news in a couple of Israeli russian language news sites, which seemed to boil down to a fact that someone in Israel sued either Finance Ministry, or Finance Minister Kahlon, regarding some sort of Ministy ad campaign use of…
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Does the government of Israel have an official position on the claimed territory?
According to Wikipedia:
No Israeli legislation has defined the territory of Israel and no act specifically included East Jerusalem therein.
Israel has territorial disputes, in particular on the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights. …
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Why is it not politically feasible to compensate Present absentees that hold Israeli citizenship?
46,000 out of the 156,000 Israeli Arabs in Israel were considered Present absentees.
They are not permitted to live in the homes they formerly lived in, even if they were in the same area as their home, the property still exists, and they can…
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What percentage of buildings in Tel Aviv got hit by a rocket in the past year?
I’m seeing a lot of photos on social media of Israelis in Tel Aviv and it’s suburbs hiding in bomb shelters during Gaza rocket launches, which seemingly implies a relatively high chance of their house getting hit by a rocket. Given the opportunity…
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Would the state Israel have been born without WWII?
I know I´m finding myself on a very hypothetical slippery slope, but would the state of Israel have been born without WWII? Which is to say: did WWII function as a kind of catalyzer for the process of this birth? I know too little of the Jewish…
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Why does Israel need donations for the war effort given that it’s a rich, developed nation?
There’s currently a big drive for donations to Israel in various countries. This is surprising to me as Israel is a highly developed nation with a strong economy. What’s the reason donations are necessary? Or perhaps they’re not really necessary and…
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