[baursak]

Did he account for a religious population which thinks that suicide is a major sin?

[WaltPurvis]

Israel is one of the least religious countries on earth. A much smaller percentage of Israelis are religious than are Americans or the populace of Muslim nations, and Christianity and Islam also generally consider suicide a sin.

[baursak]

> Israel is one of the least religious countries on earth

Not according to this Gallup poll: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Importance_of_religion_by_coun...

[hedvig]

Why do they enable their ridiculous orthodox subset?

[petra]

Most israelies aren't really religious, in the sense that religion guide their actions in a meaningful way .

[baursak]

I'd consider 51% to be a significant chunk of the population: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Importance_of_religion_by_coun...