[sarasmom]

It would be a huge mistake to hang a halo on the head of a nation that not only hates halos, but also has a large minority of voting aged people who hate themselves.
You are aware that Israel is an avowed socialist country, are you not?
Welcome to the world of international foreign policy!

[Bella_Bru]

It would be a huge mistake to hang a halo on the head of a nation that not only hates halos,

What exactly are you implying?

Have you ever been to Israel? Didn't think so.

[ChicagoHebrew]

It would be a huge mistake to hang a halo on the head of a nation that not only hates halos, but also has a large minority of voting aged people who hate themselves.

And where do you get this, besides your own supposition??

You are aware that Israel is an avowed socialist country, are you not?

More like WAS an avowed socialist country, back in the 1950s, when the United Kingdom, India, Germany, Italy, Sweden, and Canada were too. Today, Israel has a strong market economy, albeit with a gigantic state sector -- similar to most of Europe.

The always anti-socialist Likud has ruled Israel for 17 of the past 25 years. The opposition Labor Party, although still "officially" socialist, pushed massive economic reforms in the early-1980s, and has been capitalist in practice ever since.