Israel Is A Technologically Advanced Market Economy

Israel is a Middle Eastern Country located along the eastern coastline of the Mediterranean Sea. It is surrounded by Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt, and lies at the crossroads of three continents: Asia, Europe, and Africa. Israel is a technologically advanced market economy. As of 2013, the country as a whole ranked 19th out of 187 nations on the UN s â€Å"Human Development Index†. It is considered a highly developed country. Metal, biomedical and electronic equipment, pharmaceuticals and chemicals are some of Israel’s major money moneymaking sectors. In conjunction to this they also have a booming diamond industry. Although they are a world leader in advanced technology they are not completely self-dependent. They relay on other countries†¦show more content†¦The Orthodox people (the most religious) have power over key institutions that make up government and policies throughout Israel. As Conservative and Reform Judaism continuously grow, their participant s are looking to change the makeup of their government so that they can be more thouroughly represented in the decision making process for their people. In a recent Guttman Report, fifty seven percent of Israeli’s identify as either â€Å"ultra-orthodox, religious, [or] traditional,† while forty three percent identify as â€Å"secular.† Furthermore, sixty one percent of Israeli Jews contend with the fact that Reform and Conservative movements should be equal to the movements of their Orthodox counterparts. Specifically, as the reform movement continuously grows within Israel, the gap in the different groups ideological and philosophical interpretations is beginning to open. An article in the New York Times titled, Israeli Minister Says Reform Jews Are Not Really Jewish, distinguishes Israel’s minister of religious services, David Azoulay, as an Orthodox Jewish person. That being said the article states; â€Å"The moment a Reform Jew stops following the religion of Israel, let’s say there’s a problem†¦I cannot allow myself to call such a person a Jew.† With this, he refers to what he say the â€Å"religion of Israel,† is, as â€Å"Orthodox Judaism.†