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by JumpCrisscross 874 days ago
> Israel is a parliamentary democracy not a theocracy

Israel legally defines itself in law as the nation-state of the Jewish people [1].

It isn’t a textbook theocracy, but neither is Iran. Elected governments with theocratic characteristics?

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_Law:_Israel_as_the_Nat...