I wouldn't mind if they did that, but I can see that being a hot bed of trouble for them if they did. Maybe King David or the Maccabees they could get by with, but any leaders from more recent times would definitely cause trouble for them.

David or Solomon, David seems like the go to.
I don't see why it would be trouble.

I dig the King David idea.

It's a shame that no Civ game until has had either the ancient or modern kingdom/nation of Israel. There's always the modders, of course, but I'd like for the devs to just take this bold leap and add Israel (and if they want to avoid bad press, opt for the ancient option).

And Israel was dominating Civilization in what era?
That is the biggest problem to most civs… they are not big/powerfull enough to be implemented in the games.
Israel in civ is not impossible, it is just very unlike. But you can make a mod where Israel is a civ in one era.

I think it is too late to have them included. With the civ change feature of VII, you'd play the hebrews simply to see them turning into arabs or germans.

This feature is truly one of the worst ideas I remember in gaming history, and probably coming straight from politics... if not, what else.

No chance not just from a moral stance but from a business stance .

in it's short history the level of barbarism and terror is well recorded.
They specialise in disregarding international law and their abuse of human rights is abhorrent to all decent human beings.

But yea lets bring them into a game ...No chance & rightly so

Originally posted by keviinb:

No chance not just from a moral stance but from a business stance .

in it's short history the level of barbarism and terror is well recorded.
They specialise in disregarding international law and their abuse of human rights is abhorrent to all decent human beings.

But yea lets bring them into a game ...No chance & rightly so

It would certainly be a controversial decision, but the game contains lots of them already from a design point of view. Hebrews are not israelis, and could be the way to go. As far as I can tell, denying the existence of the hebrews is un-islamic and goes against that religion.

On the moral stance you mention, I don't think we should forget that billions and billions of dollars from all of us, world taxpayers, are going to the other side in that war, every year without exception and since way before the current conflict. That is how those expensive underground tunnels got made, and lots of weapons were bought. In fact, our own western money is what enabled the events of October. So, you could very well say that we have a moral debt on both sides.

Its a real tragedy when people die... but making a clear "moral stance" while standing on muddled waters would be nothing else but typical demagoguery. In any case, as with everything, you have an opinion, I have an opinion, and the OP has yet another opinion. And that's OK. It shouldn't be the purpose of an entertainment piece to tell people what to think about real world stuff.