Few things,First – Israel didn’t build the wall around Gaza, that was done by their ‘brothers’ in Egypt.Second – Israel never used illegal chemical agents against Palestinians, these are allegations that have not been corroborated by evidence, I think it is better to respect evidence over allegations, any allegation is just media hype meant to vilify Israel. However, Palestinian terrorists (notably Hamas) have on a few occasions tried to poison the Israeli water supply with Chlorine, or attack Israeli restaurants, fruit and food sources with chemical agents. Third – Palestine is not and has never been a country so why she refers to it as a country is beyond me. The PLO has an observer status in the UNGA and can see and review UNSC resolutions and minutes from meetings.Fourth – It is not so much an issue of agreeing on borders it is more an issue that the Palestinians will not relinquish the idea of ‘right of return’ which would in a sense kill the Israeli state as a Jewish state. Israel on the other hand does not agree to relinquish parts of Jerusalem and recognize a Palestinian capitol in Jerusalem.There are a few more points of contention. Fifth – You make a disgusting reference to the Holocaust and compare it to the situation in Israel and Gaza / West Bank. There are not comparisons, there are no gas chambers there are no torture camps and 6 million Palestinians have not died, in fact, IRC estimates place the death toll of Palestinians by Israelis at 20,000 – 30,000 since 1967 (this includes civilians and combatants), however, many more Palestinians have been killed by their Arab ‘brothers’. there is no genocide going on, the Palestinian population has exploded from 700,000 in 1948 to almost 10 million 60 years later.

My information is not inaccurate. Most of these countries are not legitimate governments and are governed by warlords or authoritarian regimes, many disrupted from former colonial influences. In my view it is not sufficient for a ‘constitution’ to be formulated by a non liberal democratic state, otherwise it is just a document that seeks to protect a dictatorship, warlord or other authoritarian regime. Maybe we should have a more restrictive definition of a constitution.

It is about damn time.

Most of these countries do not have constitutions, they have basic laws, many are based upon the authoritarian backdrop of the Koran, also known as ‘Sharia’ law. I would consider these governments legitimate because they are not democratically elected officials in office nor liberal democracies by any stretch of the imagination; most are criminal authoritarian regimes. Nice try ‘Transparency’ with your wordage. 

Why is Israel not on this list? Israel is a liberal, multi-party
democracy where Arab and Jewish citizens are allowed to vote and both
woman and men had the right to vote in Israel before many European
countries gave their women the right to vote. 

Another convenient misrepresentation by ‘Transparency’; they leave out the many other barriers in the world that result from blatant land grabbing or racism. A partial list of barriers in:- Melilla and Cueta “Spain” where Spain annexed these lands from Morocco and set up a separation between the two peoples – Yemen and Saudi ArabiaNorth Korea and South Korea- Nothern Ireland where there are ‘religious’ separation barriers between neighborhoods.- Between areas of Western Sahara and Morocco- Turkey’s occupation of the Hatay province of Syria and consequently set up a barrier- Between parts of Pakistan and India

Another convenient misrepresentation of the truth by ‘Transparency’; Israel did NOT build the wall to ’separate’ the the two sides however, the Israeli government built the security barrier to stop the horde of Palestinian terrorists from blowing up and killing civilians in Israeli cities. Before the massive suicide bombing campaign of the Second Intifada, there was no barrier between the West Bank and Israel, NONE. Now, because Palestinian resistance since 2001 has included suicide terrorism as a weapon of choice, the barrier has been built  (only 5% is a wall, another mistake made by ‘Transparency’ by showing half and half, the rest of the 95% is reinforced fencing, also only 12% of the barrier’s route deviates from the 1949 ‘Green Line’). The barrier was built  in response to HUNDREDS of suicide bombings which resulted many Israeli casualties and injuries. Since the government of Israel built the barrier miraculously the suicide bombing rate has dropped 99%.

Israel has had one female prime minister and elected one in the lastest elections however, due to coalition politics, she was set aside. 

Again, ‘Transparency’ makes another error with Israel; in Israel abortion is allowed if the woman is under 17 or over 40, the pregnancy was conceived under illegal circumstances (rape, incest or outside wedlock), if the child is mentally handicap, or for socioeconomic reasons. Israel is very liberal when it comes to a woman’s right to choose, more than anyone can say about its neighbors.

Why is Israel not on this list? Israel is a liberal, multi-party democracy where Arab and Jewish citizens are allowed to vote and both woman and men had the right to vote in Israel before many European countries gave their women the right to vote. 

Few things,First – Israel didn’t build the wall around Gaza, that was done by their ‘brothers’ in Egypt.Second – Israel never used illegal chemical agents against Palestinians, these are allegations that have not been corroborated by evidence, I think it is better to respect evidence over allegations, any allegation is just media hype meant to vilify Israel. However, Palestinian terrorists (notably Hamas) have on a few occasions tried to poison the Israeli water supply with Chlorine, or attack Israeli restaurants, fruit and food sources with chemical agents. Third – Palestine is not and has never been a country so why she refers to it as a country is beyond me. The PLO has an observer status in the UNGA and can see and review UNSC resolutions and minutes from meetings.Fourth – It is not so much an issue of agreeing on borders it is more an issue that the Palestinians will not relinquish the idea of ‘right of return’ which would in a sense kill the Israeli state as a Jewish state. Israel on the other hand does not agree to relinquish parts of Jerusalem and recognize a Palestinian capitol in Jerusalem.There are a few more points of contention. Fifth – You make a disgusting reference to the Holocaust and compare it to the situation in Israel and Gaza / West Bank. There are not comparisons, there are no gas chambers there are no torture camps and 6 million Palestinians have not died, in fact, IRC estimates place the death toll of Palestinians by Israelis at 20,000 – 30,000 since 1967 (this includes civilians and combatants), however, many more Palestinians have been killed by their Arab ‘brothers’. there is no genocide going on, the Palestinian population has exploded from 700,000 in 1948 to almost 10 million 60 years later.

My information is not inaccurate. Most of these countries are not legitimate governments and are governed by warlords or authoritarian regimes, many disrupted from former colonial influences. In my view it is not sufficient for a ‘constitution’ to be formulated by a non liberal democratic state, otherwise it is just a document that seeks to protect a dictatorship, warlord or other authoritarian regime. Maybe we should have a more restrictive definition of a constitution.

It is about damn time.

Most of these countries do not have constitutions, they have basic laws, many are based upon the authoritarian backdrop of the Koran, also known as ‘Sharia’ law. I would consider these governments legitimate because they are not democratically elected officials in office nor liberal democracies by any stretch of the imagination; most are criminal authoritarian regimes. Nice try ‘Transparency’ with your wordage. 

Why is Israel not on this list? Israel is a liberal, multi-party
democracy where Arab and Jewish citizens are allowed to vote and both
woman and men had the right to vote in Israel before many European
countries gave their women the right to vote. 

Another convenient misrepresentation by ‘Transparency’; they leave out the many other barriers in the world that result from blatant land grabbing or racism. A partial list of barriers in:- Melilla and Cueta “Spain” where Spain annexed these lands from Morocco and set up a separation between the two peoples – Yemen and Saudi ArabiaNorth Korea and South Korea- Nothern Ireland where there are ‘religious’ separation barriers between neighborhoods.- Between areas of Western Sahara and Morocco- Turkey’s occupation of the Hatay province of Syria and consequently set up a barrier- Between parts of Pakistan and India

Another convenient misrepresentation of the truth by ‘Transparency’; Israel did NOT build the wall to ’separate’ the the two sides however, the Israeli government built the security barrier to stop the horde of Palestinian terrorists from blowing up and killing civilians in Israeli cities. Before the massive suicide bombing campaign of the Second Intifada, there was no barrier between the West Bank and Israel, NONE. Now, because Palestinian resistance since 2001 has included suicide terrorism as a weapon of choice, the barrier has been built  (only 5% is a wall, another mistake made by ‘Transparency’ by showing half and half, the rest of the 95% is reinforced fencing, also only 12% of the barrier’s route deviates from the 1949 ‘Green Line’). The barrier was built  in response to HUNDREDS of suicide bombings which resulted many Israeli casualties and injuries. Since the government of Israel built the barrier miraculously the suicide bombing rate has dropped 99%.

Israel has had one female prime minister and elected one in the lastest elections however, due to coalition politics, she was set aside. 

Again, ‘Transparency’ makes another error with Israel; in Israel abortion is allowed if the woman is under 17 or over 40, the pregnancy was conceived under illegal circumstances (rape, incest or outside wedlock), if the child is mentally handicap, or for socioeconomic reasons. Israel is very liberal when it comes to a woman’s right to choose, more than anyone can say about its neighbors.

Why is Israel not on this list? Israel is a liberal, multi-party democracy where Arab and Jewish citizens are allowed to vote and both woman and men had the right to vote in Israel before many European countries gave their women the right to vote.