According to the US-based Freedom House that has just released its new rating Israel is the only free country in the ME. Not surprisingly at all!
Israel’s ranking is completely dissimilar to that given the
West Bank and Gaza – one under Palestinian Authority control and the other under
Hamas rule – which are both classified as “not free.” Of the “worst of the worst”
countries, the nine countries given the absolute worst ratings in the world, two
were in the region: Saudi Arabia and Syria. Sudan was also rated in the bottom
nine.
Also Turkey, so engaged recently in anti-Israeli rhetoric was rated "partly free" due to recent jailing of hundreds of journalists, academics and opposition party officials and Kurdish activists.
There has even been talk about possibility of link between murder of two Kurdish women in France and Turkish official bodies....
Israel having in its parliament - body creating law in a country - members oppose to the existence of her (just imagine having in Congress or Dail or Common House people oppose to the very existence of the USA/ Ireland/ UK and it being tolerated as part of democracy at the time when the country is at war, as it technically is having peace agreements exclusively with Egypt and Jordan).
That is called the single island of democracy in the region!
As one Israeli friend has told me once - do not try to be more critical of Israeli government than Israeli media - you cant succeed - but stick to the facts! Here is one of them.
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