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>>ahmetc+(OP)
Israel is an excellent example of what happens if a fundamentalist theocracy becomes too powerful compared to its neighbors.

>>jxjnsk+Zv
Ironically, Israel's government would be less theocratic-conservative if it weren't so hard to form governing coalitions in the Knesset.

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

After moderate partners abandoned Netanyahu, his only source of support was more right-wing partners, which steadily pushed government policy to the ultra-right.

>>ethbr1+SD
It's not ironic at all, it's democracy working as intended.

It might superficially appear ironic because us in the west confuse being a democracy with being moderate. But that's not the case if a large fraction of your population are religious fundamentalists, which goes to my point. In Israel, the problem isn't just the government, it's also the culture of the majority of the population.