Interesting discussion.

In Saudi Arabia, known homosexuals will be executed; in Israel, homosexuals have nothing to fear but may perhaps be discriminated by some part of the population like in other Western societies. Women are treated as equals in Israel, they also do military service to defend the country.

Saudi Arabia practices an extreme form of Islam, Wahabbism, which it can be argued ISIS want to introduce in the arab states they are currently fighting for influence over. Moderate muslims maintain this extremist teaching of Islam has nothing to do with them, and some arab muslim countries are very liberal compared to the KSA. Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon (nightclubs in Beirut...something not to be found in Saudi!), Morocco, and Dubai and Bahrain. Although the latter two places in the gulf can also be quite conservative. You are right that homosexuals have nothing to fear in Israel, but I wonder why you ventured onto that topic, or was it taffy who brought it up? Yes, there are female israeli soldiers/pilots in the IDF, I remember reading about that.

Years ago, I published a comparative study on Islam and Christianity. One iof the results I
found was the fact that at a psycho-analytical level Islam is an ideology of death and
is hostile to living style that is in favour of life instead of death. Israel is a
society that supports and loves life, unlike countries like Saudi Arabia with an
intolerant religious regime.

I think that might depend, from the viewpoint of a Palestinian. They would not view Israel as a country that supports and loves life, not my opinion, just a view that they would see Israel as the oppressor. I support a two state solution, but cannot see it happening. It would be interesting to read your paper Turnoi.