[Translation from Japanese to English ] Speaking of Israel, it actually seems to be as if very near yet too far count...

Original Text / Japanese

イスラエルと言うと、正直日本人には近くて遠い国。
同じアジアでありながら、文化や宗教観が違うと思っている。

Translation / English

Speaking of Israel, it actually seems to be as if very near yet too far country in the minds of us Japanese.
While It's located in the same Asian area, they appear to have quite different culture and sense of religion from ours.

Translation / English

Honestly, Israel is a close but distant country for Japanese people.
They feel the Israeli have very different cultures and religious views from theirs, while they both belong to one Asia.

Translation / English

If one were to talk of Israel, truly for the Japanese it is a familiar and yet distant country. Whilst being in Asia, it is thought that Israel's culture and religious views are unalike from Japan's.