Feb. 3, 2017
Israel Only Free State in Middle East, Report Finds – Michael Wilner (Jerusalem Post)
Israel remains the only free country in the Middle East, scoring 80 on a scale of 100, Freedom House declared on Wednesdayin its annual report.
That compares favorably with Lebanon (44), Turkey (38), Jordan (37), Kuwait (36), Algeria (35), Iraq (27), Egypt (26), Iran (17), Saudi Arabia (10), Sudan (6), and Syria (-1).
See also Report: Freedom in the World 2017 (Freedom House)