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[Servant Corps]

I remembered a long time ago, when people of Bay12Games was working for a story for a roguelike Mechanized Warrior torunment game, that Aqizzar proposed having Israel being a faction, fighting off against an oil rich Caliphate. That got me thinking about how many games, set in the far future, would handle the decliate issue of Israel. A strong, mighty Israeli army that fight off all enemies might cause people to allege "anti-semitism" for describing Israel as fascist, while having a two-state solution would cause others to dismiss the game as being too naive.

Frequently, I have been thinking of the Isratin[/b] proposal made by Libya (basically, a "one-state solution" where Israelis and Palestinains live together in a secular democratic state). While unrealistic and just plain unpopular, it seems so rather hilarlious that I want to know if any video games explored the concept.

[sluissa]

It wasn't in the far future, closer to the near present at this point, but I somewhat liked the portrayal of Israel in World War Z. It was seriously unrealistic unless the leadership and attitudes there change dramatically, but it was a nice thought.

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As a summary, Israel, with it's walls and fences and training is one of the first countries to recognize the danger of the zombie invasion. It's been a while since I read it, but they decide to close and lock down their borders, using dogs to sniff out any infected people that try to come in. Before they lock down completely, they make an offer that anyone that can get there before closing time will be allowed in, as long as they're not infected. Political or religious differences are set aside. As every other populated place on the planet (and a number of unpopulated including the bottom of the sea.) are taken over by the horde, Israel manages to keep itself together and protected.

Like I said, I don't see any of that happening realistically, even giving the zombie invasion the benefit of the doubt. Israel is too prejudiced in too many different ways to allow that to happen. Also while I'm sure they also have plenty of supplies stashed away, I don't see them managing to overcome an extended seige without outside support. *cough*U.S.*cough*