hydriot wrote:Israel is not in Europe any more than Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Lebanon, or Syria is. The Greek islands are in Europe. Cyprus is in Europe. Most people do not consider Turkey to be in Europe, even though a small portion of it is.
For the record, the southeastern border of Europe is the Bosphorous, and the northeastern border is the Urals.
Yep, but culturally, the countries surrounding Mediterranean are often thought as the part of Europe, although it can be geographically or politically incorrect.
There's an initiative for the Mediterranean union, and those countries are included, as well France, Italy, Croatia...