Israel

[Gerard Killoran]

Of course a lot of what Israel does is bad, but the status of the Palestinian territories is legally disputed. Which serves as a fig leaf for them.

Their status is not legally disputed, in fact it is legally settled and Israel has been judged to be acting illegally.

See, for example: https://www.icj-cij.org/en/case/131

You have made the mistake of taking Israeli propaganda seriously.

[Simon Rogers]

FIDE has published the August 2022 grades.
Top of the men's list for Israel is Boris Gelfand at number 77 with a grade of 2668.
The Women's list has Marsel Efroimski at number 25 with a grade of 2461.
The Top 100 Juniors has four from Israel:
33. Semyon Lomasov 2541
85. Ido Gorshtein 2471
88. Yair Parkhov 2469
100. Eytan Razen 2456

[Simon Rogers]

FIDE has published the November 2022 grades.
Top of the men's list for Israel is Boris Gelfand at number 76 with a grade of 2667.
The women's list has Marsel Efroimski at number 21 with a grade of 2470.
The Top 100 Juniors has three from Israel:
31. Semyon Lomasov 2546
92. Yair Parkhov 2470
95. Ido Gorshtein 2469