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0 pointsska6y ago0 comments

  I haven’t been to either but would have expected Israel to be better again.

I'm curious, why would you expect that having no experience of either?

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FabHK6y ago

Because one is a theocracy, and the other one a liberal democracy. The expectation is not wrong, either, in my view (and I have been to both countries).

lostlogin6y ago

From various news sources I guess? I read about the region quite a lot, including from sources that are critical of Israeli state behaviour (eg Robert Fisk) but that’s no substitute for being there.

skaOP6y ago

Thinking about it, I guess I assume US sources (nearly regardless of source) to be very unreliable on areas with clear policy bias, e.g. Iran & Israel. Given that I think I just assume "I have no idea, really" on a region like that if I don't have some more personal experience. I suspect this is due to earlier surprises, when my expectations were off by quite a bit, leading me to question the sources.

Of course this isn't US specific.

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