I will certainly concur with that last point, Jim: but Israel is a far more secular state than any of its Muslim neighbours, as you will freely admit if you will just overthink your entrenched position for a moment. Israel has had the misfortune of being coalition-dependent on its religious parties for most of its existence; but it has never rivalled in religiosity the likes of the charming Saudi with its Sharia law. When was a woman buried up to the neck in Israel & had her head smashed in by rocks because she shagged the wrong man? What Israeli rabbi has ever had the power of an Ayatollah? I say again, Jim: your bias on this particular matter is a disgrace to your intellect. And I suspect you are so shrill about it because you know in your heart that that is the case.

~M~