The root cause of Israel's afflictions is ideology. In this eye-opening survey, approximately
twice as many Israelis self-identify as 'socialist' over those who define themselves as 'capitalist.' In the United States, by comparison, it would be unlikely to find any significant support for socialism.
Unfortunately, the media, academic and cultural elites largely censure any non-Leftist opinions, which prevents the mass of empirical evidence debunking socialism to be heard.