"Mind if I ask...?"
Mind if you ask what?
If you mean why do I act like I know a bit about England, I've been to England more than a few times, have several close friends who are English, have grown up on English telly, love English books and history, of course I'm not English, despite my ancestry. I'm not setting myself up as an expert.

IIRC, you stated on a different thread that you have been to Israel. Now it kind of sounds like you are saying that you haven't.