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Voting for Israel has been suspended for the week due to inclusion in Last Week's Top 25 Most or Least Annoying.

Location

The Resume

    (May 18, 1948- )
    Located in Middle East
    Slightly smaller than New Jersey
    Borders Egypt, Gaza Strip, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and The West Bank (Palestine)
    UN approved its Independence (May 14, 1948)

Why Israel might be annoying:

    Very dry, so everything is used for irrigation, including the Sea of Galilee.
    Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but few countries recognize it.
    They use the Jewish calendar which is lunar based.
    Currency are shekels and agorots.
    Israelis go out of their way to have the glue on their postage stamps certified kosher.
    Israelis call themselves Sabras.
    Its military commando raided a ship carrying humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip (killing 9) after the ship tried to cross Israel's blockade of Gaza (May 31, 2010).

Why Israel might not be annoying:

    Life is Western - no turbans caftans or purdahs.
    It is the only true democracy in the Middle East.
    It is the birth place of the Jewish, Islamic and Christian faiths.
    Life expectancy is 78½.
    The Soviet Union and the United States both voted for Israel's formation in the UN mandate (The United Kingdom abstained - 1948).
    Like the U.S., their Supreme Court justices are appointed for life by the president.
    Women and men are equally drafted and utilized by the military.
    Durra is a sorghum, that grows there.
    There are 300 schools for Arabs, including a teacher's college at Jaffa.
    Sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer was a trained sniper when she briefly lived in Israel.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2766 Votes: 61.75% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2093 Votes: 54.99% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 824 Votes: 52.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 1414 Votes: 48.16% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3313 Votes: 51.58% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 5025 Votes: 47.72% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4100 Votes: 51.73% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4253 Votes: 45.26% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 590 Votes: 54.41% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 1680 Votes: 43.21% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 1335 Votes: 39.25% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 3089 Votes: 37.13% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 7414 Votes: 48.69% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 337 Votes: 48.66% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 2261 Votes: 42.37% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 1083 Votes: 36.38% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 828 Votes: 35.75% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 4450 Votes: 43.42% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 3696 Votes: 52.00% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 4717 Votes: 63.94% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 9435 Votes: 68.69% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 5365 Votes: 65.39% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 64895 Votes: 34.90% Annoying