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An Israeli votes in the 2015 election, March 17, 2015. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Poll: 45% of Israeli Jews don’t think Arabs should have equal rights

Did the good folks at Israel’s Army Radio station not think to ask Arab citizens themselves whether they think they deserve full and equal rights? Israel’s Army Radio conducted a poll of Jewish citizens of Israel and asked them whether Arab citizens of Israel should have equal rights. No, this is not the start of…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man January 19, 2016

Supporters of Labor and Tzipi Livni’s ‘Zionist Camp’ at a rally calling to oust Prime Minister Netanyahu, Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, March 7, 2015. (Photo by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Polls: Israelis despair of peace, Palestinians have other priorities

New polls show most Israelis supported last summer’s Gaza war, are not interested in taking in Syrian refugees, and agree with Netanyahu on the Iran deal. At the start of a Jewish New Year, Israelis took stock of their lives in a series of polls. The highest circulating newspaper, the free right-wing daily Israel Hayom,…

By Dahlia Scheindlin September 29, 2015

A partly constructed portion of Israel's separation wall, in Walaja, December 7, 2010 (Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

+972 poll: Israelis reject the status quo, fear int’l isolation

Over 70 percent of Israelis are worried about international isolation. Half believe settlements strengthen Israeli security and over half support a breakthrough vision for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – roughly the same rate of support for the traditional two-state paradigm. But one-quarter support an apartheid vision for the future. Half the population supports anchoring Jewish…

By Dahlia Scheindlin December 24, 2014

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Nakba Day protest, May 15, 2012. (Activestills.org)

The Palestinian Nakba: Are Israelis starting to get it?

Israelis are more willing to discuss and accept their country’s role in the Palestinian Nakba – until the historical events are portrayed as the story of the founding of a rival nation, and acknowledging those facts means legitimizing the other side’s fundamental beliefs. In 2008, a fascinating, little-known study asked 500 Israeli Jews about Israel’s…

By Dahlia Scheindlin May 15, 2013

President Obama and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at Ben-Gurion airport (photo: Avi Ochayon / Government Press Office)

Numbers for the president: Israeli attitudes toward Obama

An examination of Israeli public opinion toward U.S. President Obama and the two-state solution. The picture isn’t as bleak as the mainstream media might lead you to believe. As President Obama continues his meetings in the region today, making the rounds to Ramallah and then back to Jerusalem, it is useful to keep in mind…

By Dahlia Scheindlin March 21, 2013

Polls show Israelis rational about policy, misguided on elections

It’s easy to disagree with Israelis about many things. But two new polls show that on key current issues, the public is at least thinking rationally and seeing clearly: *On Gaza, the majority know that Israel is no better off after the war in Gaza, and that the ceasefire won’t hold. *On the Palestinian-Israeli conflict,…

By Dahlia Scheindlin December 10, 2012

Protest against Israeli strike on Iran (Activestills)

Poll: Israeli Jews oppose a unilateral strike on Iran

Most Israelis do not back the Prime Minister and Defense Minister’s call for a pre-emptive strike on Iran, but most won’t do much to oppose it either. Here are some numbers and thoughts on why. Just one-quarter of the Jewish public (27 percent) in Israel supports a unilateral Israeli strike on Iran, according to a…

By Dahlia Scheindlin August 16, 2012

Demonstration against attack on Iran, Tel Aviv, 24 March, 2012 (Photo: Dahlia Scheindlin)

Can critique of Iran strike by security figures change Israeli public opinion?

Will Diskin crack Netanyahu’s “good for security” armor? A review of public surveys on the Iran issue shows that even prior to the damning critique on Friday by Yuval Diskin, former head of the Internal Security Agency, the public already diverged sharply from the leadership’s policy: Survey after survey, as I wrote in March, showed…

By Dahlia Scheindlin April 29, 2012

Haredi kids in Jerusalem (Photo: Flickr/yoavelad)

Are Israeli Jews avoiding Jerusalem?

For my column in the Jerusalem Report this week analyzing public opinion, I asked a sample of Israeli Jews a survey question: How often do they visit their beloved city, their holiest of holies, the eternal, undivided capital? After all, the majority of Israeli Jews reject the division of Jerusalem and proclaim everlasting love. But…

By Dahlia Scheindlin April 5, 2012

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What hospital violence in Israel reveals about occupation

A fascinating study reported in Haaretz today comes to the astounding conclusion that the behavior of medical staff in hospitals is partly responsible for outbursts of violence among patients, impressively reported by the medical staff themselves. Of 705 staff who participated in a survey about the causes of violence, 39 percent, reports Haaretz, said that…

By Dahlia Scheindlin March 13, 2012

Netanyahu addressing AIPAC gathering, 5 March 2012 (photo: Lara Price)

Polls: Israelis fear unilateral strike more than Iranian bomb

A new survey confirms that a clear majority of Israelis are opposed to a unilateral Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. Only 31 percent of all Israelis, Arabs and Jews, favor this option. Twice as many – 63 percent – are opposed. Over one-quarter are strongly opposed, which is more than twice those who are…

By Dahlia Scheindlin March 12, 2012

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SURVEYS: Israelis, Palestinians support 2-state – but why bother?

The latest polls from two regular series show some hopeful results in terms of Israeli Palestinian negotiations, concessions, and a future agreement. But are pollsters asking the right questions? Here’s a selection of data from a few recent surveys of the Israeli and Palestinian publics, showing the same old story: support for negotiations, some concessions…

By Dahlia Scheindlin January 7, 2012

Social protest in Jaffa, 27 August, 2011 (Photo: Keren Manor/Activestills)

SURVEY: Palestinian citizens demand social justice

A new survey of Arab citizens of Israel following waves of anti-Arab activity shows that most have not given up on Israeli society, but instead express strong support for social activism to advance Arab issues, general social problems, and an end to the occupation. With so much nastiness directed against them, it wouldn’t be surprising…

By Dahlia Scheindlin December 24, 2011