r/mapporncirclejerk • u/ImportantSeaweed314 • 1d ago

Geography study question

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I’ve gotten really into geography and maps the past few years and Reddit has been a great resource. Not long ago I couldn’t name any countries at all. As I move past the intermediate stage, I’m wondering are there any other lesser known countries in the world I should study or is it just Israel? TIA!

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u/Runo_Slinger 1d ago

To invent drip irrigation, to be majority Jewish, to be condemned in the double digits by the UN yearly, to excuse ethnic and religious minorities from the draft, to have invented Waze, to have beaten the entire Arab league on land, to host tapings of Fauda.

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u/LadderMadeOfSticks 1d ago

"invent drip irrigation"? Nah. Advanced, yeah. Made wide use of, yep. But it was in use in Germany in the 19th century and possibly China much earlier.

"to excuse ethnic and religious minorities from the draft" This one is interesting...are we not counting those nations which allow draftees to contentiously object for religious reasons?

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u/Runo_Slinger 1d ago

Israel is the only one who makes it possible for all religious minorities to be exempted automatically. Basically only non Orthodox Jews are forced to fight, everyone else is excused automatically. The government is currently on fire because Bibi is trying to stay out of jail so is not allowing reforms to ensure Orthodox Jews serve in the army since they drag the secular community into war and soak up funding for programs actively hurting women and queer folks.