Are you confused about Israel? Rest assured, you are not alone, so I have compiled this glossary to guide you towards wisdom.

Apartheid: Literally, ‘apartness’, you may think this means a system of segregation on the grounds of race, enforced by the state, as most famously adopted in South Africa. In Israel, it means that citizens of all races and religions are constitutionally guaranteed the same rights, where Arabs who constitute 20 per cent of the population vote and are represented in the legislature, sit as judges, and, comprising 17 per cent of Israel’s doctors, work alongside Jewish doctors to save...