The history of Israel is different from that of other nations in the region. Israel is the homeland of the ancients Jews and the only place that they can truly call home. The nationalism of Israel in 1948 created a long-awaited Jewish Nation-state (Homami, p. 1). They wanted a place where they were the majority rather than a minority in a Muslim world. Like any other minority in the Middle East, they wanted their own place and community. The establishment of Israel gave the Jewish sector political power, but dynamics of the Middle East means that others will feel oppressed when another gains power. The formation of Israel meant that the Jewish minority had gained power, a concept that is inconceivable among the Sunni majority that rules the rest of the region.

In conclusion, those that oppose democratization do so because they feel that the democracy will be exclusionary as well and that it will lead to the eventual extermination of their religions...

The mistreatment of minorities has led to greater territoriality and the need to separate themselves geographically from their oppressors. They do not feel that a true democracy for all people can exist, only one that favors the majority without regards to the welfare of the many minorities that make up the Muslim faith. The fight against democratization in Israel can be summarized as a fight for survival of the many minorities that result from the religious tolerance of the Holy Qu'ran.
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