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Title:CIA definition of a "Failed Democratic State"
Name:Pablo B
City: UnitedState: States
When the CIA categorizes governments, one of the criteria is whether there is an orderly and scheduled transfer of power from one leader to the next in a regularly scheduled election interval.

Israel fails this criteria, and if it were any other nation in the world, the CIA would categorize Israel as a "Failed Democratic State".