text: wow, that's a big question.\nIsraeli culture is part western, part middle east, part eastern european.\nThe economy relies on aid from US, as does the politics.\nIsrael is the only democracy in the middle east (apart from iraq maybe!), and so has the support of the west although it seems to be in a bit of a mess at the moment over its claims to the west bank etc.\nNot sure this helps, but it might!