From our old friends at National Review:
Or, as Bill Bennett puts it: Colombia is the Israel of Latin America.
Your nominations please for other unlikely Israels in unlikely corners of the planet. eg, Andorra is the Israel of Europe or Orvieto the Israel of Umbria etc. A prize to the best suggestion...
tibet: the israel of china.
Posted by: ryan | April 10, 2008 at 04:13 PM
Or, if you listen to the Chinese leadership with their talk of suicide-bombers organized by the Dalai Lama-
China: The Israel of Tibet.
Posted by: ryan | April 10, 2008 at 04:15 PM
Cowdenbeath is the Israel of Scotland.
Posted by: dearieme | April 10, 2008 at 05:19 PM
Millwall is the Israel of English football. "No-one likes us, we don't care...": says it all, I reckon.
Posted by: Sam | April 10, 2008 at 05:44 PM
Conversely, Sir Ronald Storrs described the desired outcome for the establishment of Israel as the creation of "a little loyal Jewish Ulster".
Anyway, Java is the Israel of Indonesia.
Posted by: ben | April 10, 2008 at 06:20 PM
Bethnal Green and Bow is the Israel of London. Hang on . . .
Posted by: deiseach | April 10, 2008 at 07:37 PM
the bible 0.o
Posted by: me | April 30, 2008 at 04:07 AM