Cultural Response 2 Israel - Individualistic or Collectivistic?

[Alper Daron]

Since I study Hebrew, and Hebrew is widely spoken mainly in Israel, I made some research on whether Israel was an individualist or a collectivist country. Our reading suggested that no country can neither be completely individualistic nor collectivistic. I guess this statement couldn't be any truer in any other country, but Israel, because Hofstede suggests that although being slightly individualistic, Israel can be both. This did not surprise me, because Israel is a country that created the idea of "kibbutzim" - collective communities that work together in agricultural areas, but at the same time in the business life Israelis tend to be very individualistic and they focus on individual goals and achievements.