Could be, but South Korea and Taiwan are in similarly precarious situations and have abysmal fertility rates.
When you look at other countries which are constantly at, threatened by, or threatening war they also don’t necessarily look great: Ukraine, Russia, Iran, China, North Korea, Finland, etc.
That’s not to say this isn’t a factor, but I think you’ll need to add in enough extra details to differentiate from other countries that it will be very difficult to prove one way or another.
It seems to me Israel is clearly differentiated from these other countries.
South Korea and Taiwan have not mobilized and/or actually fought a real shooting war in the past 70 years.
Ukraine has ‘only’ been at war since 2014. It
Russia has fought some very small border nations but never mobilized or fought anything approaching a major war until Ukraine. Similarly for China.
It also seems to be the case that East-asian countries and former Soviet Union countries have depressed fertility rates for whatever reason.
North Korea seems like a case on to its own. Despite having nukes it be a stretch calling it a developed country.
Israel has fought major wars, insurgencies, and/or mobilized every decade or so. There are regular bombings and terrorist attacks.
It also permanently occupies a neighbouring state that is similar in size and population.
Whatever one thinks about Israel/Palestine and its politics I hope we can all agree that many Israeli feel a sense of being ‘permanently under siege’.
This seems reflected in the political landscape which was quite leftwing and progressive at its founding and has moved significantly to the right since.
It is of course also is very atypical in its cultural, religious, ethnic makeup, its geopolitical position and socioeconomic place and the large amount of migration so I agree with you one should be careful at drawing too many conclusions.
Could be, but South Korea and Taiwan are in similarly precarious situations and have abysmal fertility rates.
When you look at other countries which are constantly at, threatened by, or threatening war they also don’t necessarily look great: Ukraine, Russia, Iran, China, North Korea, Finland, etc.
That’s not to say this isn’t a factor, but I think you’ll need to add in enough extra details to differentiate from other countries that it will be very difficult to prove one way or another.
It seems to me Israel is clearly differentiated from these other countries.
South Korea and Taiwan have not mobilized and/or actually fought a real shooting war in the past 70 years.
Ukraine has ‘only’ been at war since 2014. It Russia has fought some very small border nations but never mobilized or fought anything approaching a major war until Ukraine. Similarly for China. It also seems to be the case that East-asian countries and former Soviet Union countries have depressed fertility rates for whatever reason.
North Korea seems like a case on to its own. Despite having nukes it be a stretch calling it a developed country.
Israel has fought major wars, insurgencies, and/or mobilized every decade or so. There are regular bombings and terrorist attacks. It also permanently occupies a neighbouring state that is similar in size and population. Whatever one thinks about Israel/Palestine and its politics I hope we can all agree that many Israeli feel a sense of being ‘permanently under siege’. This seems reflected in the political landscape which was quite leftwing and progressive at its founding and has moved significantly to the right since.
It is of course also is very atypical in its cultural, religious, ethnic makeup, its geopolitical position and socioeconomic place and the large amount of migration so I agree with you one should be careful at drawing too many conclusions.