[baursak]

Did he account for a religious population which thinks that suicide is a major sin?

[WaltPurvis]

Israel is one of the least religious countries on earth. A much smaller percentage of Israelis are religious than are Americans or the populace of Muslim nations, and Christianity and Islam also generally consider suicide a sin.

[baursak]

> Israel is one of the least religious countries on earth

Not according to this Gallup poll: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Importance_of_religion_by_coun...

[WaltPurvis]

Huh… well, according to this Gallup poll Israel is indeed "Among the Least Religious Countries in the World":

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-china-among-least-religious-n...

[FeralAlien]

According to that Israel is less religious than the US, and is among the least religious countries (top 30%) - looks like OP stretched a bit but not by much.

[hedvig]

Why do they enable their ridiculous orthodox subset?

[petra]

Most israelies aren't really religious, in the sense that religion guide their actions in a meaningful way .

[baursak]

I'd consider 51% to be a significant chunk of the population: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Importance_of_religion_by_coun...

[FeralAlien]

Relative to the others it is low. Furthermore that's a 10 year old poll this one is more recent and shows it closer to 42%

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_irrelig...