从地理学角度,以色列位于苏伊士运河以东,无疑属于亚洲。从地质学角度,以色列地处非洲板块而非欧亚板块。从文化角度,以色列更像是个欧洲国家。以色列,处在过渡带上,可以称之为“过渡带国家”。在资源贫困与国强民富之间中东各国的贫富,主要取决于它的地下埋有多少石油。富油却贫困(如伊拉克),或贫油却富裕(如阿联酋的迪拜公国),都是例外。而 From a geographical point of view, Israel is located east of the Suez Canal and undoubtedly belongs to Asia. From a geological point of view, Israel is located in the African plate rather than the Eurasian plate. From a cultural point of view, Israel is more like a European country. Israel, on the transitional belt, can be called a “transitional country”. The rich and poor in the Middle East countries between the resource poverty and the wealthy people in the country depend mainly on how much oil they have buried underground. The exception is oil-rich but poor (such as Iraq), or poor but rich (such as the UAE’s Dubai Duchy). and