There are hundreds of music traditions among Israelis. The ones with the highest number of devotees are probably the western classical tradition and the arabic tradition. But in recent years many streams of western music have made it into the culture (rock, R&B, C&W, Bluegrass, folk-rock, Rap) and of course immigrants from dozens of countries have their own traditions.
This is in a country of only 7 million people.
As a result, when Israelis get together to form a band, it is inevitable that some of the members will have different musical traditions than others. Thus, almost every musical performance you might see in Israel (except for purely Western classical), is a type of fusion.
A few days after this post (May 22), the local Jewish weekly had a story about local fusion music. The implication of the story is that fusion is becoming the latest thing. A particular group ( the Andy Statman Trio) which fuses klezmer and bluegrass was featured. Perhaps the Israelis were the 'early adapters' in this case.
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