Survey: Arabs and Jews share Israeli pride, shaky faith in gov’t

[King_David]

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Both Jews and Arabs are proud to be Israeli, but neither has great faith in the government, an annual poll showed.

Some 86 percent of Jewish citizens and 65 percent of Arab citizens are “proud” or “quite proud” to be Israelis, according to the survey released Sunday by the Israel Democracy Institute. In 2013, some 40 percent of Arab-Israelis described themselves as “proud to be Israelis.”

But the institute’s Israeli Democracy Index shows just 37 percent of Jewish-Israelis having trust in the government, a drop from 58 percent last year, and 43 percent of Arab-Israelis with that view, a rise of 10 percent over the 2013 poll.

The index focuses on the views of the Israeli public regarding the country’s socioeconomic situation and its effect on Israeli democracy.


http://www.jta.org/2015/01/04/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/survey-israelis-have-lost-confidence-in-state-institutions

[oberliner]

1. Very interesting survey

Worth reading the whole PDF.

[King_David]

10. Yes it is,

They should re do it now to take into account the changes since.

[azurnoir]

2. yes along with this disclaimer the poll was take prior to Protective Edge and of 1007 people

It is important to note that the survey was conducted in the
spring of 2014, prior to Operation Protective Edge (Tzuk
Eitan), which took place in the summer. Given everything that
happened in Israel during that turbulent period, some of the
data may seem questionable from a post-war perspective. But
the findings are accurate reflections of the time and may well
hold true in future when the dust settles from the operation.
Readers should bear in mind, moreover, that the survey on which the Index
is based measures the feelings, opinions, and
judgments of the general public, meaning that this is not an
“objective” or professional assessment of Israel’s situation.

http://en.idi.org.il/media/3823043/democracy_index_2014_Eng.pdf

[King_David]

3. These surveys results definitely go against the narrative

of a lot of people who want to show there's no happy or proud minority within the state of Israel so then the "disclaimers " and "margins of errors " and any other small minuscule insignificant reason is "found" so that there may be an " aha but but but but" moment.


LOL

[azurnoir]

4. reply sounds a bit like 1950's Southeners who pointed out that Blacks wantd to serve in combat

postilions during WW2 defending the country so there couldn't be that big a problem

[King_David]

5. Yes I know the "1950's Southeners" is a new shtick of yours but it does not fit as an answer

To my post- at all...

It can't be used as a reply to every post.

Kind of like another poster in the group that answers everything wit "Apartheid "
Or ends all his OPs with "BDS"... It doesn't make sense as a reply to everything... There's no "one size fits all" answer to every IP post.

[azurnoir]

6. In my opinion it does fit quite well but if you wish to deny that's your choice too :)

eta just because Israeli Arabs have pride in Israel does not mean they have equal rights, just as American Blacks wanting to defend the US did not mean they had equality at the time or even now despite laws to the contrary

[oberliner]

7. Questions about equal rights are included in the poll

Maybe you should actually read it?

[azurnoir]

8. I already did :)

[King_David]

9. Well we on a whole different topic now and you should find an OPin your topic to post.

Israeli Arabs do most certainly have equal rights within Israel which is not to say there isn't any discrimination.